Model assessment of environmental pollution with toxic substances
Meteorological Synthesizing Centre /East (MSC-E) is an International Research Centre hosted by the Department of Environmental Sciences at the Jožef Stefan Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia). Responsible for model assessment of environmental pollution with heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants for the EMEP Programme of the UNECE Air Convention.
Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI)
European Monitoring and Assessment Programme (EMEP)
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (Air Convention)
Events
Goldschmidt Conference 2025
Experts from the Meteorological Synthesizing Centre – East (MSC-E) participated in the international conference Goldschmidt 2025, held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 6 to 11 July. The Goldschmidt Conference is the premier annual meeting in geochemistry, bringing together leading researchers from around the world to present cutting-edge research in geochemical sciences. [...]
26th TFMM Meeting and TF HTAP Annual Meeting
The 26th meeting of the Task Force on Measurements and Modelling (TFMM) and the annual meeting of the Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution (TF HTAP) under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution were held back-to-back in Potsdam, Germany, from 5 to 9 May 2025. Representatives of the [...]
EGU General Assembly 2025
Experts from the Meteorological Synthesizing Centre – East (MSC-E), Isabel Garcia Arevalo and Jan Gačnik, participated in the international conference European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2025 (EGU2025), held in Vienna, Austria, from 28 April to 3 May. The EGU General Assembly, which takes place annually, is the largest gathering of experts [...]
Information on pollution levels
MSC-E conducts operational modelling of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) contamination and their transboundary transport across countries. Annual status and changes of the pollution are provided through pollution maps, temporal trends, and estimates of transboundary pollution.
Latest Publication
Assessment of heavy metal and POP pollution on global, regional and national scales. Joint MSC-E, CCC, CEIP, IMR, CEIMAT, INERIS, ENEA and FMI Report
Co-operation with international organizations and programmes
MSC-E collaborates with various international organisations and programmes to enhance research and assessment approaches used by the Centre and to disseminate the scientific knowledge gained through the Air Convention. These international bodies include the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the Stockholm Convention on POPs, the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM), the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR), the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), and others.
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Minamata Convention
Stockholm Convention
Stockholm Convention
Helcom
HELCOM
Ospar
OSPAR
Amap
AMAP