EMME-CARE

Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (EMME-CARE) at the Cyprus Institute, funded by the EU and the Cyprus government.
The Cyprus Institute is “teaming” with three top European institutions with complementary expertise related to climate and atmospheric environmental research and innovation, who share the vision of a center of excellence of regional relevance and global significance in the EMME region, which has been identified as a global climate change “hot spot”.
https://emme-care.cyi.ac.cy/about/

Recently we have been exploring the anthropogenic emissions from the oil industry in the middle east and making measurements on Cyprus to better understand aerosol particle formation.

 

Publications

Bourtsoukidis, E., E. Germain-Piaulenne, V. Gros, P.-Y. Quéhé, M. Pikridas, J. Byron, J. Williams, D. Gliddon, R. Mohamed, R. Ekaabi, J. Lelieveld, J. Sciare, O. Teixidó, J.-D. Paris. Attribution of Excess Methane Emissions Over Marine Environments of the Mediterranean and Arabian Peninsula. J. Geophys. Res. 2024 https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041621

Paris, J.-D., Riandet, A., Bourtsoukidis, E., Delmotte, M., Berchet, A., Williams, J., Ernle, L., Tadic, I., Harder, H., and Lelieveld, J.: Shipborne measurements of methane and carbon dioxide in the Middle East and Mediterranean areas and the contribution from oil and gas emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 12443–12462, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12443-2021, 2021.

Bourtsoukidis, E., A. Pozzer, T. Sattler, V. Matthaios, L. Ernle, A. Edtbauer, H. Fischer, T. Konemann, S. Osipov, J.-D. Paris, E.Y. Pfannerstill, C. Pohlker, C. Stonner, I. Tadic, D. Walter, N. Wang, J. Lelieveld & J. Williams: The Red Sea deep water is a potent source of atmospheric ethane and propane. Nat. Comm., 11, 447, 2020.

Bourtsoukidis, S., L. Ernle, J.N. Crowley, J. Lelieveld, J.-D. Paris, A. Pozzer, D. Walter & J. Williams: Non-methane hydrocarbon (C2–C8) sources and sinks around the Arabian Peninsula. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 7209–7232, doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7209-2019, 2019.