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Congratulations to dr. Lidija Strojnik, dr. Žiga Tkalec and dr. Johanna Amalia Robinson who successfully defended their doctoral theses in May 2022!

Between 18. and 19. 2022 May co-workers of the Department of Environmental Sciences, dr. Jože Kotnik, Stojan Žigon and Ali Saeed, and visitors from University of Brussels, Vincent Perrot and Tianhui Ma, performed sampling of water and sediment around Soča River inflow in the Gulf of Trieste.

The Summer School is organized as part of the H2020 VIDIS project, and it will showcase the most recent research and development activities related to air quality and atmospheric aerosols. VIDIS summer school aims to present innovative methods and tools in air quality and atmospheric aerosols monitoring, modelling and management. The summer school will provide participants with both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience in relation to low-cost PM sensors, and other sensing technologies for air quality management and control.

Congratulations to all nominees! The award ceremony, which will be traditionally co-organized together with the Public Agency for Research of the Republic of Slovenia (ARRS), will take place on 19 May 2022 from 18:00 to 19:00 in the Hall of prof. dr. Janez Hribar at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana.

The Department of Environmental Sciences participated in this year's Open Day event of the Jožef Stefan Institute which took place live on Saturday, 26.3.2022.

This Special Issue addresses advances in methods, applications, and hydrological process interpretations using stable and radioactive water isotopes in the whole water cycle.

#ScienceForUkraine are worldwide volunteers that collect & disseminate info about support opportunities for students & researchers from Ukraine.

The Council was established on February 22, 2022, and our head of the department, Prof Dr Milena Horvat, was elected one of the honorary members of the Council.

CitieS-Health, a H2020 funded project, being conducted at the Department of Environmental Sciences at JSI, launched a  Citizen Science Toolkit -  a customised and interactive collection of adaptable instruments to empower anybody to engage communities to solve issues of common concerns and deploy actions for making your world a better place to live in.

From 14.2.-1.4.2022 we will be organizing analytical radiochemistry training for 4 IAEA fellows from Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates.

New Section for the Environment will promote cooperation, networking and exchange of experience between experts from various fields of environmental chemistry.

The organizing committee of the International Symposium on the Interactions between Sediments and Water and the International Association for Sediment Water Science would like to invite you to the 15th Symposium to be held in Piran, Slovenia & Online, between 13 and 15 June, 2022. Participants wishing to present their research findings should submit a short abstract for the consideration of the Scientific Committee.