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    • Spatial variability and temporal changes of POPs in European background air 

      Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gusev, Alexey; Moeckel, Claudia; Shatalov, Victor; Skogeng, Lovise Pedersen; Breivik, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Concentration data on POPs in air is necessary to assess the effectiveness of international regulations aiming to reduce the emissions of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) into the environment. POPs in European background ...
    • On coarse patterns in the atmospheric concentration of ice nucleating particles 

      Conen, Franz; Yakutin, Mikhail V; Puchnin, Alexander; Yttri, Karl Espen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The atmospheric concentration of ice nucleating particles active at around −10 °C (INP−10) is very low. Nevertheless, these particles play a role in the development of cloud systems, so their spatial and temporal patterns ...
    • Painted Wood Climate Risk Analysis by the HERIe Model of Building Protection and Conservation Heating Scenarios in Norwegian Medieval Stone Churches 

      Grøntoft, Terje; Stoveland, Lena Porsmo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      HERIe was used to model the effect of changes to indoor climate on the risk of humidity-induced mechanical damage (cracking and plastic deformation) to wooden panels painted with stiff gesso in two Norwegian medieval stone ...
    • Deployment and Evaluation of a Network of Open Low-Cost Air Quality Sensor Systems 

      Schneider, Philipp; Haugen, Rolf; Hassani, Amirhossein; Castell, Nuria; Dauge, Franck Rene; Bartonova, Alena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Low-cost air quality sensors have the potential to complement the regulatory network of air quality monitoring stations, with respect to increased spatial density of observations, however, their data quality continues to ...
    • Seasonal and latitudinal variability in the atmospheric concentrations of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes in the Northern Hemisphere 

      Wania, Frank; Warner, Nicholas Alexander; McLachlan, Michael S; Durham, Jeremy; Lei, Ying Duan; Xu, Shihe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Field data from two latitudinal transects in Europe and Canada were gathered to better characterize the atmospheric fate of three cyclic methylsiloxanes (cVMSs), i.e., octamethyl-cyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclop ...
    • Migration analysis of chemical additives from indoor consumer plastic products 

      Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (NILU report;6/2023, Research report, 2023)
      NILU has, on behalf of the Norwegian Environment Agency, performed chemical analyses of a selection of chemical additives in indoor consumer plastic products. The goal was to identify content and migration of the chemical ...
    • Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution. UN/ECE international operative programme on effects on materials, including historic and cultural monuments. Environmental data report. October 2020 to December 2021 

      Grøntoft, Terje; Roux, Marta Segura (NILU report;3/2023, Research report, 2023)
      This report presents the ICP Materials database for the period October 2020 to December 2021. It includes environmental data from the ICP Materials trend exposure programme for 2020 - 2021 and, in addition, data for ...
    • Environmental pollutants in the terrestrial and urban environment 2021. Revised report. 

      Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Moe, Børge; Herzke, Dorte; Borgen, Anders Røsrud; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Nordang, Unni Mette; Bæk, Kine; Nipen, Maja; Linda, Hanssen (NILU report;1/2023, Research report, 2023)
      Samples from the urban terrestrial environment in the Oslo area were analysed for metals and a large number of organic environmental pollutants. The selected samples that were analysed were soil, earthworm, fieldfare egg ...
    • Finnfjord AS. Oppdaterte spredningsberegninger av utslipp til luft. 

      Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo; Markelj, Miha; Weydahl, Torleif; Svendby, Tove Marit; Grythe, Henrik; Tønnesen, Dag (NILU rapport;2/2023, Research report, 2023)
      NILU har vurdert spredning av utslipp til luft fra Finnfjord AS sitt smelteverk ved Finnsnes. Bakgrunnen er oppdaterte krav fra Miljødirektoratet. Fokus i studien er på NOx, SO2 og støv/partikler. Det er utført lokale ...
    • Total ozone trends at three northern high-latitude stations 

      Bernet, Leonie; Svendby, Tove Marit; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Orsolini, Yvan; Dahlback, Arne; Goutail, Florence; Pazmino, Andrea; Petkov, Boyan; Kylling, Arve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      After the decrease of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) as a consequence of the Montreal Protocol, it is still challenging to detect a recovery in the total column amount of ozone (total ozone) at northern high latitudes. ...
    • Målinger av SO2 i omgivelsene til Elkem Carbon og REC Solar. Januar 2022 – desember 2022. 

      Hak, Claudia; Stensrød, Anna Maria Røyset; Andresen, Erik (NILU rapport;5/2023, Research report, 2023)
      På oppdrag fra Elkem Carbon AS har NILU utført målinger av SO2 i omgivelsene til Elkem Carbon og REC Solar i Vågsbygd (Kristiansand kommune). Elkem Carbon har i sin tillatelse fra Miljødirektoratet krav om å gjennomføre ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...