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Julian Aherne

Julian Aherne

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
36
Citations
4878
World Ranking
9149
National Ranking
423

Overview

Julian Aherne is affiliated with Trent University in Canada and focuses their research in the field of Environmental Science. Their work primarily addresses issues related to Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main research topics cover Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Julian Aherne has published studies in several frequent venues, including:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biology
  • Atmosphere
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Recent publications include:

  • "Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs" (2023), published in Nature
  • "Ambient Atmospheric Deposition of Anthropogenic Microfibers and Microplastics on the Western Periphery of Europe (Ireland)" (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Accumulation of airborne microplastics in lichens from a landfill dumping site (Italy)" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Moss as a biomonitor for the atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic microfibres" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic particles and microplastics in south-central Ontario, Canada" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Stefano Loppi
  • Mehriban Jafarova
  • Dane Blanchard
  • Paul A. Makar
  • Brittany Welsh

Best Publications

  • Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs

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  • Sulphate, Nitrogen and Base Cation Budgets at 21 Forested Catchments in Canada, the United States and Europe

    Shaun A. Watmough;Julian Aherne;Christine Alewell;Paul Arp

  • Ambient Atmospheric Deposition of Anthropogenic Microfibers and Microplastics on the Western Periphery of Europe (Ireland)

    Brett Roblin;Margaret Ryan;Andrew Vreugdenhil;Julian Aherne

  • Impacts and Effects Indicators of Atmospheric Deposition of Major Pollutants to Various Ecosystems - A Review

    L. Paige Wright;Leiming Zhang;Irene Cheng;Julian Aherne

  • Acid rain and its environmental effects: Recent scientific advances

    Douglas A. Burns;Julian Aherne;Christopher M.B. Lehmann

  • Estimates of exceedances of critical loads for acidifying deposition in Alberta and Saskatchewan

    Paul A. Makar;Ayodeji Akingunola;Julian Aherne;Amanda S. Cole

  • Determination and Mapping Critical Loads of Acidity and Exceedances for Upland Forest Soils in Eastern Canada

    Rock Ouimet;Paul A. Arp;Shaun A. Watmough;Julian Aherne

  • Accumulation of airborne microplastics in lichens from a landfill dumping site (Italy).

    Stefano Loppi;Brett Roblin;Luca Paoli;Julian Aherne

  • Modelling the effect of climate change on recovery of acidified freshwaters : Relative sensitivity of individual processes in the MAGIC model

    R. F. Wright;J. Aherne;Kevin Bishop;Lluís Camarero

  • Potential impact of forest harvesting on lake chemistry in south-central Ontario at current levels of acid deposition

    S A Watmough;J Aherne;P J Dillon

  • Impacts of forest biomass removal on soil nutrient status under climate change: a catchment-based modelling study for Finland

    Julian Aherne;Maximilian Posch;Martin Forsius;Aleksi Lehtonen

  • Climate effects on stream nitrate concentrations at 16 forested catchments in south central Ontario.

    Shaun A. Watmough;M. Catherine Eimers;Julian Aherne;Peter J. Dillon

  • Investigating the Uncertainties in the Simple Mass Balance Equation for Acidity Critical Loads for Terrestrial Ecosystems in the United Kingdom

    Jane Hall;Brian Reynolds;Simon Langan;Mike Hornung

  • A comparison of weathering rates for acid-sensitive catchments in Nova Scotia, Canada and their impact on critical load calculations

    C.J. Whitfield;S.A. Watmough;J. Aherne;P.J. Dillon

  • Estimating calcium weathering rates and future lake calcium concentrations in the Muskoka–Haliburton region of Ontario

    Shaun A Watmough;Julian Aherne

  • Moss as a biomonitor for the atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic microfibres.

    Brett Roblin;Julian Aherne

  • Critical loads of acidity for surface waters in south-central Ontario, Canada: regional application of the Steady-State Water Chemistry (SSWC) model

    A Henriksen;P J Dillon;J Aherne

  • Deposition of sulphur, nitrogen and acidity in precipitation over Ireland: chemistry, spatial distribution and long-term trends

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  • Estimating the sensitivity of forest soils to acid deposition in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta

    Colin J. Whitfield;Julian Aherne;Shaun A. Watmough;Marjorie McDONALD

  • Current State of Microplastic Pollution Research Data: Trends in Availability and Sources of Open Data

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  • Climate variability and forecasting surface water recovery from acidification: modelling drought-induced sulphate release from wetlands.

    J. Aherne;T. Larssen;B.J. Cosby;P.J. Dillon

  • Parallelisation and application of a multi-layer atmospheric transport model to quantify dispersion and deposition of ammonia over the British Isles

    Nicolas Fournier;Vicente A. Pais;Mark A. Sutton;Keith J. Weston

  • Controls on greenhouse gas concentrations in polymictic headwater lakes in Ireland.

    Colin J. Whitfield;Colin J. Whitfield;Julian Aherne;Helen M. Baulch

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaun A. Watmough
Shaun A. Watmough Trent University
Peter J. Dillon
Peter J. Dillon Trent University
Martin Forsius
Martin Forsius Finnish Environment Institute
Rachel Helliwell
Rachel Helliwell James Hutton Institute
Bernard J. Cosby
Bernard J. Cosby University of Virginia
Chris D. Evans
Chris D. Evans UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maximilian Posch
Maximilian Posch International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Thorjørn Larssen
Thorjørn Larssen Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Alan Jenkins
Alan Jenkins UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Richard F. Wright
Richard F. Wright Norwegian Institute for Water Research

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