Rainer Lohmann has returned from a Fulbright-sponsored research visit to Iceland, where he engaged in a collaborative exchange with scientists, government officials, and the public to deepen the study of PFAS in Icelandic water systems.
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‘Forever chemicals’ are flowing between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, study finds
GSO’s Rainer Lohmann and his co-authors report the Arctic Ocean potentially exports as many PFAS to the North Atlantic Ocean as enters it, circulating the compounds around the world.
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University of Rhode Island Professors J.P. Walsh and Rainer Lohmann discussed the wide-ranging impacts of ocean plastics and PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in a recent public lecture at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus.
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Watch the first of GSO’s Public Lecture Series, featuring Coastal Resources Center director and GSO professor J.P. Walsh and GSO professor Rainer Lohmann. They discussed the dangers posed by marine pollution and “forever chemicals” called PFAS, and what we need to do to address them.
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The STEEP program, one of the longer running PFAS science efforts in the country, studies pollution and examines potential research-based solutions alongside community partners.
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On the Faroe Islands, GSO professor Rainer Lohmann, recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Arctic Initiative Award, has set out to better understand the full exposure of the local population to PFAS contaminants.
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The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) selected Asta Habtemichael, a Ph.D. student at GSO, for induction to its Future Leaders Society.
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GSO Profile of Sam Katz who graduated in May 2021 with a M.S. and is continuing towards his Ph.D.
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The air we breathe in our homes, schools and workplaces can be polluted with harmful PFAS chemicals, according to a new study by GSO scientists.
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GSO profile for GSO graduate Anna Robuck about her work using seabirds to look for novel human pollutants.
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