NILU: Recent submissions

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    • New approach methodologies to facilitate and improve the hazard assessment of non-genotoxic carcinogens—a PARC project 

      Audebert, Marc; Assmann, Ann-Sophie; Azqueta, Amaya; Babica, Pavel; Benfenati, Emilio; Bortoli, Sylvie; Bouwman, Peter; Braeuning, Albert; Burgdorf, Tanja; Coumoul, Xavier; Debizet, Kloé; Dusinska, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Carcinogenic chemicals, or their metabolites, can be classified as genotoxic or non-genotoxic carcinogens (NGTxCs). Genotoxic compounds induce DNA damage, which can be detected by an established in vitro and in vivo battery ...

    • Monitoring persistent organic chemicals in Antarctica in support of global chemical policy: a horizon scan of priority actions and challenges 

      Bengtson Nash, Susan; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Galban-Malagon, Cristobal; Corsolini, Simonetta; Cincinelli, Alessandra; Lohmann, Rainer (Journal article, 2023)
      Global production and emission of chemicals exceeds societal capacities for assessment and monitoring. This situation calls for improved chemical regulatory policy frameworks and increased support for expedited decision ...

    • A Precipitation Isotopic Response in 2014–2015 to Moisture Transport Changes in the Central Himalayas 

      Axelsson, Josefine; Gao, Jing; Eckhardt, Sabine; Cassiani, Massimo; Cheng, Deliang; Zhang, Qiong (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The impact of moisture transport and sources on precipitation stable isotopes (δ18O and d-excess) in the central Himalayas are crucial to understanding the climatic archives. However, this is still unclear due to the lack ...

    • Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning and Statistical Models for Air Pollutants Prediction in Urban Areas 

      Naz, Fareena; McCann, Conor; Fadim, Muhammad; Cao, Tuan-Vu; Hunter, Ruth; Nguyen, Trung Viet; Nguyen, Long D.; Duong, Trung Q. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Rapid growth in urbanization and industrialization leads to an increase in air pollution and poor air quality. Because of its adverse effects on the natural environment and human health, it’s been declared a “silent public ...

    • Kartlegging av svevestøv fra anleggsvirksomhet i Lørenskog kommune. Målinger i perioden april – august 2022. 

      Hak, Claudia; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Grythe, Henrik; Markelj, Miha; Vo, Dam Thanh; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad (NILU rapport;12/2023, Research report, 2023)
      I et samarbeidsprosjekt med Lørenskog kommune utførte NILU en målekampanje rundt ett av boligbyggeprosjektene på Lørenskog. Formålet med målingene var å få økt kunnskap om svevestøvnivåer i omgivelsene til anleggsplasser. ...

    • Integrating Solar Energy and Nature-Based Solutions for Climate-Neutral Urban Environments 

      Liu, Hai Ying; Skandalos, Nikolaos; Braslina, Liga; Kapsalis, Vasileios; Karamanis, Dimitris (Journal article, 2023)
      This study focuses on achieving climate neutrality in European cities by integrating solar energy technologies and nature-based solutions. Through an examination of current practices, emerging trends, and case examples, ...

    • Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment 

      Allen, Deonie; Allen, Steve; Abbasi, Sajjad; Baker, Alex; Bergmann, Melanie; Brahney, Janice; Butler, Tim; Duce, Robert; Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Jickells, Tim; Kanakidou, Maria; Kershaw, Peter J; Laj, Paolo G.; Levermore, Joseph; Li, Daoji; Liss, Peter; Liu, Kai; Mahowald, Natalie M.; Masque, Pere; Materic, Dusan; Mayes, Andrew G.; McGinnity, Paul; Osvath, Iolanda; Prather, Kimberly A.; Prospero, Joseph M.; Revell, Laura E.; Sander, Sylvia G.; Shim, Won Joon; Slade, Jonathan; Stein, Ariel F.; Wright, Stephanie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The discovery of atmospheric micro(nano)plastic transport and ocean–atmosphere exchange points to a highly complex marine plastic cycle, with negative implications for human and ecosystem health. Yet, observations are ...

    • Current status and future challenges of genotoxicity OECD Test Guidelines for nanomaterials: a workshop report 

      Doak, Shareen H.; Andreoli, Cristina; Burgum, Michael J.; Chaudhry, Qasim; Bleeker, Eric; Bossa, Cecilia; Domenech, Josefa; Drobne, Damjana; Fessard, Valérie; Jeliazkova, Nina; Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Stepnik, Maciej; El Yamani, Naouale; Catalán, Julia; Dusinska, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Genotoxicity testing for nanomaterials remains challenging as standard testing approaches require some adaptation, and further development of nano-specific OECD Test Guidelines (TGs) and Guidance Documents (GDs) are needed. ...

    • The turbulent future brings a breath of fresh air 

      Stjern, Camilla Weum; Hodnebrog, Øivind; Myhre, Gunnar; Pisso, Ignacio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ventilation of health hazardous aerosol pollution within the planetary boundary layer (PBL) – the lowest layer of the atmosphere – is dependent upon turbulent mixing, which again is closely linked to the height of the PBL. ...

    • Modelling the coupled mercury-halogen-ozone cycle in the central Arctic during spring 

      Ahmed, Shaddy; Thomas, Jennie L.; Angot, Hélène; Dommergue, Aurélien; Archer, Stephen D.; Bariteau, Ludovic; Beck, Ivo; Benavent, Nuria; Blechschmidt, Anne-Marlene; Blomquist, Byron; Boyer, Matthew; Christensen, Jesper H.; Dahlke, Sandro; Dastoor, Ashu; Helmig, Detlev; Howard, Dean; Jacobi, Hans-Werner; Jokinen, Tuija; Lapere, Rémy; Laurila, Tiia; Quéléver, Lauriane L.J.; Richter, Andreas; Ryjkov, Andrei; Mahajan, Anoop S.; Marelle, Louis; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Posman, Kevin; Rinke, Annette; Saiz-Lopez, Alfonso; Schmale, Julia; Skov, Henrik; Steffen, Alexandra; Stupple, Geoff; Stutz, Jochen; Travnikov, Oleg; Zilker, Bianca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Near-surface mercury and ozone depletion events occur in the lowest part of the atmosphere during Arctic spring. Mercury depletion is the first step in a process that transforms long-lived elemental mercury to more reactive ...

    • Rapid identification of in vitro cell toxicity using an electrochemical membrane screening platform 

      Kohl, Yvonne; William, Nicola; Elje, Elisabeth; Backes, Nadine; Rothbauer, Mario; Srancikova, Annamaria; Rundén-Pran, Elise; El Yamani, Naouale; Korenstein, Rafi; Madi, Lea; Barbul, Alexander; Kozics, Katarina; Sramkova, Monika; Steenson, Karen; Gabelova, Alena; Ertl, Peter; Dusinska, Maria; Nelson, Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This study compares the performance and output of an electrochemical phospholipid membrane platform against respective in vitro cell-based toxicity testing methods using three toxicants of different biological action ...

    • Rising carbon inequality and its driving factors from 2005 to 2015 

      Zheng, Heran; Wood, Richard John; Moran, Daniel Dean; Feng, Kuishuang; Tisserant, Alexandre Fabien Regis; Jiang, Meng; Hertwich, Edgar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Carbon inequality is the gap in carbon footprints between the rich and the poor, reflecting an uneven distribution of wealth and mitigation responsibility. Whilst much is known about the level of inequality surrounding ...

    • The consolidated European synthesis of CH4 and N2O emissions for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2019 

      Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana; Qiu, Chunjing; McGrath, Matthew J; Peylin, Philippe; Peters, Glen Philip; Ciais, Philippe; Thompson, Rona Louise; Tsuruta, Aki; Brunner, Dominik; Kuhnert, Matthias; Matthews, Bradley; Palmer, Paul I.; Tarasova, Oksana; Regnier, Pierre; Lauerwald, Ronny; Bastviken, David; Hoglund-Isaksson, Lena; Winiwarter, Wilfried; Etiope, Giuseppe; Aalto, Tuula; Balsamo, Gianpaolo; Bastrikov, Vladislav; Berchet, Antoine; Brockmann, Patrick; Ciotoli, Giancarlo; Conchedda, Giulia; Monica, Crippa; Dentener, Frank; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Guizzardi, Diego; Günther, Dirk (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Knowledge of the spatial distribution of the fluxes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and their temporal variability as well as flux attribution to natural and anthropogenic processes is essential to monitoring the progress in ...

    • Estimating methane emissions in the Arctic nations using surface observations from 2008 to 2019 

      Wittig, Sophie; Berchet, Antoine; Pison, Isabelle; Saunois, Marielle; Thanwerdas, Joel; Martinez, Adrien; Paris, Jean-Daniel; Machida, Toshinobu; Sasakawa, Motoki; Worthy, Doug E.J.; Lan, Xin; Thompson, Rona Louise; Sollum, Espen; Arshinov, Mikhail (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The Arctic is a critical region in terms of global warming. Environmental changes are already progressing steadily in high northern latitudes, whereby, among other effects, a high potential for enhanced methane (CH4) ...

    • Consistent histories of anthropogenic western European air pollution preserved in different Alpine ice cores 

      Eichler, Anja; Legrand, Michel; Jenk, Theo M.; Preunkert, Susanne; Andersson, Camilla; Eckhardt, Sabine; Engardt, Magnuz; Plach, Andreas; Schwikowski, Margit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Individual high-Alpine ice cores have been proven to contain a well-preserved history of past anthropogenic air pollution in western Europe. The question of how representative one ice core is with respect to the reconstruction ...

    • Satellite observations showed a negligible reduction in NO2 pollution due to COVID-19 lockdown over Poland 

      Ugboma, Emeka A.; Stachlewska, Iwona S.; Schneider, Philipp; Stebel, Kerstin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The tropospheric NO2 column from Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI (2018–2020) and Aura/OMI (2010–2020) over Poland, notably for 7 major Polish cities, was used to assess the annual variability and the COVID-19 lockdown effect. On a ...

    • Nasjonalt veikart for CO2M/CO2MVS 

      Kylling, Arve; Børke, Ragnhild; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Peters, Glen Philip; Stebel, Kerstin; Tarrasón, Leonor (NILU rapport;14/2023, Research report, 2023)
      På vegne av Norsk Romsenter har NILU – Norsk institutt for luftforskning og CICERO Senter for klimaforskning utarbeidet et veikart for hvordan Norge kan nyttiggjøre seg data fra CO2 Monitoring-satellittene (CO2M) og tjenesten ...

    • Occurrence and backtracking of microplastic mass loads including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air 

      Gossmann, Isabel; Herzke, Dorte; Held, Andreas; Schulz, Janina; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Georgi, Christoph; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gerdts, Gunnar; Wurl, Oliver; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Few studies report the occurrence of microplastics (MP), including tire wear particles (TWP) in the marine atmosphere, and little data is available regarding their size or sources. Here we present active air sampling devices ...

    • Leaching of chemicals and DOC from tire particles under simulated marine conditions 

      Foscari, Aurelio Giovanni; Schmidt, Natascha; Seiwert, Bettina; Herzke, Dorte; Sempere, Richard; Reemtsma, Thorsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Tire wear particles (TWPs) represent one of the major anthropogenic pools of particles ending up in the environment. They contain a large variety of chemicals, a part of which may be released into the environment through ...

    • Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs in southern Scandinavia and the possible influence of meteorological factors 

      Lamsal, Alaka; Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord; Jenkins, Andrew; Renssen, Hans; Kjær, Lene Jung; Alfsnes, Kristian; Bastakoti, Srijana; Dieseth, Malene Strøm; Klitgaard, Kirstine; Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth Heggen; Paulsen, Katrine Mørk; Vikse, Rose; Korslund, Lars; Kjelland, Vivian; Stuen, Snorre; Kjellander, Petter; Christensson, Madeleine; Teräväinen, Malin; Jensen, Laura Mark; Regmi, Manoj; Giri, Dhiraj; Marsteen, Leif; Bødker, René; Soleng, Arnulf; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ixodes ricinus ticks are Scandinavia's main vector for tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), which infects many people annually. The aims of the present study were (i) to obtain information on the TBEV prevalence in ...