He has also already tested whether air purifiers in the classroom are suitable for combating corona, but Joachim Curtius is mainly an atmospheric researcher.

As a professor at Goethe University, he studies the influence of aerosols, fine dust and trace gases on the climate.

How global warming is affecting Germany, Europe and the world and how it can be combated will be explained by Curtius on May 19 at 7.30 p.m. in an interview with FAZ editor Sascha Zoske. The event is part of the "Science in Dialogue" series organized by the Historische Villa Metzler GmbH, the Polytechnische Gesellschaft and the FAZ. The panel discussion will be broadcast live on the Internet; Afterwards there is the possibility to ask questions via chat. Registration via the registration page on the Internet is required.