• Atmospheric mercury at the Zeppelin station. 

      Berg, Torunn; Aspmo, Katrine (NILU OR;86/2003, Research report, 2003)
      The report presents results from three yars measurements of atmospheric mercury at the Zeppelin atmospheric research station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Results from several mercury depletion campaigns carried out after polar ...
    • First assessment of pollutant exposure in two balaenopterid whale populations sampled in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway 

      Tartu, Sabrina; Fisk, Aaron T.; Götsch, Arntraut; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lydersen, Christian; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Pollutant concentrations are poorly known for the largest animals on Earth, blue whales Balaenoptera musculus and fin whales Balaenoptera physalus. In this study, concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were ...
    • Plastic burdens in northern fulmars from Svalbard: Looking back 25 years 

      Collard, France; Bangjord, Georg; Herzke, Dorte; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis ingests a larger number of (micro)plastics than many other seabirds due to its feeding habits and gut morphology. Since 2002, they are bioindicators of marine plastics in the North ...
    • Satellite remote sensing of Arctic fires - a literature and data review 

      Stebel, Kerstin (NILU report;29/2022, Research report, 2023)
      The main aim of this report is to prepare for the proposed SGA #17 of the Caroline Herschel Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake Work Programme 2020 named “Arctic peat- and forest-fire information ...
    • Screening Programme 2017 – AMAP Assessment Compounds 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Borgen, Anders; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Götsch, Arntraut; Halse, Anne Karine; Hanssen, Linda; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Nygård, Torgeir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Samanipour, Saer (NILU report;21/2018, Research report, 2018)
      This report summarizes the findings of a screening study on the occurrence of emerging substances selected by AMAP and other related substances measured earlier. The study includes selected solvents, siloxanes, flame ...
    • Synergistic exploitation of the methane product from Sentinel-SP for applications in the Arctic (STEPS) 

      Stebel, Kerstin; Kylling, Arve; Schneider, Philipp; Ytre-Eide, Martin (NILU report;14/2022, Research report, 2022)
      The main goal of this feasibility study was to evaluate the potential of adding value to the Sentinel 5P TROPOMI methane product over Norway and the Arctic through the synergistic use of relevant observations from other ...