Themed collection ES: Atmospheres & ES: Advances: Highlight Japan and South Korea

Monitoring bacteria is essential for ensuring microbial safety of water sources, including river water and treated wastewater.

Laboratory experiments on the uptake of I₂ by clay minerals support separate estimates of radioiodine dry deposition processes before and after sunrise when I₂ is released at night.

Development of a multifunctional and reusable air filter as a capture-and-disinfection system to kill pathogens in a single-pass air flow.

Magnetic Zr-MOFs show excellent performance towards heavy metal capture from contaminated water.

Thermally stable, 3D rod-like, nanosized, pH-stable Fe–Al metal–organic-framework with terephthalic acid as a linker with a surface area 120.255 m² g⁻¹ was synthesized solvothermally for fluoride adsorption and the photodegradation of rhodamine B/methylene blue (pH 2–11).

This study evaluates anthropogenic black carbon emissions from East Asia for five global inventories and one regional inventory using a chemical transport model and observations at Fukue Island in Japan.

The decomposition rates of organic hydroperoxides derived from ozonolysis of terpene-alcohol in the presence of short-chain alcohols in aqueous organic media is markedly increased as the temperature is increased.

We conducted chamber experiments to investigate secondary organic aerosol formation from diluted exhaust gases emitted by two gasoline vehicles and two diesel vehicles under light (ultraviolet) and dark (with high O₃) conditions.

To clarify the human health risk of inhalation of gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), we measured GEM concentrations in three artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) areas of Palu (Central Sulawesi), Muara Aman (Benkulu in Sumatra), and Palangka Raya (Central Kalimantan).