• Concentrations and endocrine disruptive potential of phthalates in marine mammals from the Norwegian Arctic 

      Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli; Harju, Mikael; Lühmann, Katharina; Aars, Jon; Ask, Amalie; Goksøyr, Anders; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lydersen, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This study investigated concentrations of phthalates (diesters of phthalic acids) in blubber/adipose tissue of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) ...
    • Editorial for the Special Issue From Nanoinformatics to Nanomaterials Risk Assessment and Governance 

      Lynch, Iseult; Afantitis, Antreas; Greco, Dario; Dusinska, Maria; Banares, Miguel A.; Melagraki, Georgia (Others, 2021)
    • 10-year satellite-constrained fluxes of ammonia improve performance of chemistry transport models 

      Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Balkanski, Yves; Eckhardt, Sabine; Cozic, Anne; Van Damme, Martin; Coheur, Pierre-François; Clarisse, Lieven; Shephard, Mark W.; Cady-Pereira, Karen; Hauglustaine, Didier (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In recent years, ammonia emissions have been continuously increasing, being almost 4 times higher than in the 20th century. Although an important species, as its use as a fertilizer sustains human living, ammonia has major ...
    • Modeling study of the impact of SO2 volcanic passive emissions on the tropospheric sulfur budget 

      Lamotte, Claire; Guth, Jonathan; Marécal, Virginie; Cussac, Martin; Hamer, Paul David; Theys, Nicolas; Schneider, Philipp (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Well constrained volcanic emissions inventories in chemistry transport models are necessary to study the impacts induced by these sources on the tropospheric sulfur composition and on sulfur species concentrations and ...
    • Ingested plastics in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis): A pathway for polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposure? 

      Neumann, Svenja; Harju, Mikael; Herzke, Dorte; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe; Langset, Magdalene; Gabrielsen, Geir W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Although it has been suggested that plastic may act as a vector for pollutants into the tissue of seabirds, the bioaccumulation of harmful contaminants, such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), released from ingested ...
    • Clinical application of intrathecal gadobutrol for assessment ofcerebrospinal fluid tracer clearance to blood 

      Eide, Per Kristian; Mariussen, Espen; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Pripp, Are Hugo; Lashkarivand, Aslan; Hassel, Bjørnar; Christensen, Hege Staaland; Hovd, Markus Herberg; Ringstad, Geir Andre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      BACKGROUND. Methodology for estimation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tracer clearance could have wide clinical application in predicting excretion of intrathecal drugs and metabolic solutes from brain metabolism and for ...
    • Integrated water vapor during rain and rain-free conditions above the Swiss Plateau 

      Hocke, Klemens; Bernet, Leonie; Wang, Wenyue; Mätzler, Christian; Hervo, Maxime; Haefele, Alexander (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Water vapor column density, or vertically-integrated water vapor (IWV), is monitored by ground-based microwave radiometers (MWR) and ground-based receivers of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). For rain periods, ...
    • Atmospheric corrosion due to amine emissions from carbon capture plants 

      Grøntoft, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The atmospheric corrosion due to pure amines emitted from carbon capture plants was investigated. Amine exposure was found to initially inhibit the corrosion of steel, by its film formation and alkalinity, but reduce ...
    • Time trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern (CEAC) in Arctic air from 25 years of monitoring 

      Wong, Fiona; Hung, Hayley; Dryfhout-Clark, Helena; Aas, Wenche; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Breivik, Knut; Mastromonaco, Michelle N.; Brorström-Lundén, Eva; Ólafsdóttir, Kristín; Sigurdsson, Arni; Vorkamp, Katrin; Bossi, Rossana; Skov, Henrik; Hakola, Hannele; Barresi, Enzo; Sverko, Ed; Fellin, Phil; Li, Henrik; Vlasenko, Alexander; Zapevalov, Mikhail; Samsonov, Dmitry; Wilson, Simon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The long-term time trends of atmospheric pollutants at eight Arctic monitoring stations are reported. The work was conducted under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) of the Arctic Council. The monitoring ...
    • Characterization of Inhalation Exposure to Gaseous Elemental Mercury During Artisanal Gold Mining and E-Waste Recycling Through Combined Stationary and Personal Passive Sampling 

      Snow, Melanie A.; Darko, Godfred; Gyamfi, Opoku; Ansah, Eugene; Breivik, Knut; Hoang, Christopher; Lei, Ying Duan; Wania, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      While occupational inhalation exposure to gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) has decreased in many workplaces as mercury is being removed from most products and processes, it continues to be a concern for those engaged in ...
    • Observed and Modeled Black Carbon Deposition and Sources in the Western Russian Arctic 1800−2014 

      Ruppel, Meri M.; Eckhardt, Sabine; Pesonen, Antto; Mizohata, Kenichiro; Oinonen, Markku J.; Stohl, Andreas; Andersson, August; Jones, Vivienne J.; Jones, Vivienne J.; Manninen, Sirkku; Gustafsson, Örjan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Black carbon (BC) particles contribute to climate warming by heating the atmosphere and reducing the albedo of snow/ice surfaces. The available Arctic BC deposition records are restricted to the Atlantic and North American ...
    • PM10/PM2.5 comparison exercise in Oslo, Norway. Study in 2015-2016 and 2018. 

      Marsteen, Leif; Hak, Claudia (NILU report;21/2021, Research report, 2021)
      The purpose of the comparison was to test for equivalence and establish calibration functions for automatic PM-analysers commonly used in Norway. The reference laboratory performed a field test at three different locations ...
    • Good Agreement Between Modeled and Measured Sulfur and Nitrogen Deposition in Europe, in Spite of Marked Differences in Some Sites 

      Marchetto, Aldo; Simpson, David; Aas, Wenche; Fagerli, Hilde; Hansen, Karin; Pihl-Karlsson, Gunilla; Karlsson, Per Erik; Rogora, Michela; Sanders, Tanja G.M.; Schmitz, Andreas; Seidling, Walter; Thimonier, Anne; Tsyro, Svetlana; de Vries, Wim; Waldner, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Atmospheric nitrogen and sulfur deposition is an important effect of atmospheric pollution and may affect forest ecosystems positively, for example enhancing tree growth, or negatively, for example causing acidification, ...
    • The who, why and where of Norway’s emissions from tourist travel 

      Grythe, Henrik; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana (Journal article, 2021)
      We present emissions from Norway’s tourist travel by the available transport modes, i.e., aviation, maritime (ferries and cruises) and land-based transport (road and railways). Our study includes detailed information on ...
    • The Community Inversion Framework v1.0: a unified system for atmospheric inversion studies 

      Berchet, Antoine; Sollum, Espen; Thompson, Rona Louise; Pison, Isabelle; Thanwerdas, Joel; Broquet, Grégoire; Chevallier, Frédéric; Aalto, Tuula; Berchet, Adrien; Bergamaschi, Peter; Brunner, Dominik; Engelen, Richard; Fortems-Cheiney, Audrey; Gerbig, Christoph; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Haussaire, Jean-Matthieu; Henne, Stephan; Houweling, Sanne; Karstens, Ute; Kutsch, Werner L.; Luijkx, Ingrid T.; Monteil, Guillaume; Palmer, Paul I.; van Peet, Jacob C. A.; Peters, Wouter; Peylin, Philippe; Potier, Elise; Rödenbeck, Christian; Saunois, Marielle; Scholze, Marko; Tsuruta, Aki; Zhao, Yuanhong (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Atmospheric inversion approaches are expected to play a critical role in future observation-based monitoring systems for surface fluxes of greenhouse gases (GHGs), pollutants and other trace gases. In the past decade, the ...
    • VOC measurements 2019 

      Solberg, Sverre; Claude, Anja; Reimann, Stefan; Sauvage, Stéphane (EMEP/CCC-Report;4/2021, Research report, 2021)
      This report presents VOC (volatile organic compound) measurements carried out during 2019 at EMEP monitoring sites. In total, 19 sites reported VOC-data from EMEP VOC sites this year. Some of the data-sets are considered ...
    • Trends, composition, and sources of carbonaceous aerosol at the Birkenes Observatory, northern Europe, 2001–2018 

      Yttri, Karl Espen; Canonaco, Francesco; Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Fiebig, Markus; Gundersen, Hans; Hjellbrekke, Anne-Gunn; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Prévôt, André S. H.; Simpson, David; Solberg, Sverre; Surratt, Jason D.; Tørseth, Kjetil; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Vadset, Marit; Wan, Xin; Aas, Wenche (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      We present 18 years (2001–2018) of aerosol measurements, including organic and elemental carbon (OC andEC), organic tracers (levoglucosan, arabitol, mannitol, trehalose, glucose, and 2-methyltetrols), trace elements, ...
    • Grenseområdene Norge-Russland. Luft- og nedbørkvalitet 2020. 

      Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo; Nilsen, Anne-Cathrine; Våler, Rita Larsen; Vadset, Marit; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Hak, Claudia; Andresen, Erik (NILU rapport;6/2021, Research report, 2021)
      Smelteverkene i nordvest-Russland slapp ut store mengder svoveldioksid (SO2) og tungmetaller. Utslippene påvirket luft- og nedbørkvalitet i grenseområdene. Miljøovervåkingen viser at grenseverdier for SO2 er overholdt i ...
    • Moving forward in microplastic research: A Norwegian perspective 

      Lusher, Amy; Hurley, Rachel; Arp, Hans Peter H; Booth, Andy; Bråte, Inger Lise Nerland; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Gomiero, Alessio; Gomes, Tania; Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar; Green, Norman; Haave, Marte; Hallanger, Ingeborg G.; Halsband, Claudia; Herzke, Dorte; Joner, Erik J; Kögel, Tanja; Rakkestad, Kirsten; Ranneklev, Sissel Brit; Wagner, Martin; Olsen, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Given the increasing attention on the occurrence of microplastics in the environment, and the potential envi-ronmental threats they pose, there is a need for researchers to move quickly from basic understanding to applied ...
    • Calibration and assessment of electrochemical low-cost sensors in remote alpine harsh environments 

      Dallo, Frederico; Zannoni, Daniele; Gabrieli, Jacopo; Cristofanelli, Paolo; Calzolari, Francescopiero; de Blasi, Fabrizio; Spolaor, Andrea; Battistel, Dario; Lodi, Rachele; Cairns, Warren R. L.; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Bonasoni, Paolo; Barbante, Carlo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This work presents results from an original open-source low-cost sensor (LCS) system developed to measure tropospheric O3 in a remote high altitude alpine site. Our study was conducted at the Col Margherita Observatory ...