• Author Correction: DNA damage in circulating leukocytes measured with the comet assay may predict the risk of death (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (16793), 10.1038/s41598-021-95976-7) 

      Bonassi, Stefano; Ceppi, Marcello; Møller, Peter; Azqueta, Amaya; Milić, Mirta; Neri, Monica; Brunborg, Gunnar; Godschalk, Roger; Koppen, Gudrun; Langie, Sabine A. S.; Teixeira, João Paulo; Bruzzone, Marco; Da Silva, Juliana; Benedetti, Danieli; Cavallo, Delia; Ursini, Cinzia Lucia; Giovannelli, Lisa; Moretti, Silvia; Riso, Patrizia; Del Bo’, Cristian; Russo, Patrizia; Dobrzyńska, Malgorzata; Goroshinskaya, Irina A.; Surikova, Ekaterina I.; Staruchova, Marta; Barančokova, Magdalena; Volkovova, Katarina; Kažimirova, Alena; Smolkova, Bozena; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Pastor, Susana; Marcos, Ricard; Hernández, Alba; Gajski, Goran; Spremo-Potparević, Biljana; Živković, Lada; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Perdry, Hervé; Lebailly, Pierre; Perez, Carlos L.; Basaran, Nursen; Nemeth, Zsuzsanna; Safar, Anna; Dusinska, Maria; Collins, Andrew Richard (Journal article, 2021)
    • Heavy metals and POP measurements, 2019 

      Aas, Wenche; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (EMEP/CCC-Report;3/2021, Research report, 2021)
    • Assessing the impacts of citizen-led policies on emissions, air quality and health 

      Oliveira, Kevin; Rodrigues, Vera; Slingerland, Stephan; Vanherle, Kris; Soares, Joana; Rafael, Sandra; Trozzi, Carlo; Bouman, Evert; Ferreira, José Alexandre; Kewo, Angreine; Nielsen, Per Sieverts; Diafas, Iason; Monteiro, Alexandra; Miranda, Andreia I.; Lopes, Marta Júlia Marques; Hayes, Enda T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Air pollution is a global challenge, and especially urban areas are particularly affected by acute episodes. Traditional approaches used to mitigate air pollution primarily consider the technical aspects of the problem but ...
    • Spredningsberegninger av luftforurensning fra Årdal Metallverk 

      Weydahl, Torleif (NILU rapport;29/2021, Research report, 2021)
      Rapporten presenterer oppdaterte spredningsberegninger for utslipp til luft fra Årdal Metallverk i Øvre Årdal. Utslippene er hentet fra utslippstillatelsen som en vurdering av «worst-case». Det er beregnet bakkekonsentrasjoner ...
    • Elevated stratopause events in the current and a future climate: A chemistry-climate model study 

      Scheffler, Janice; Ayarzagüena, Blanca; Orsolini, Yvan J.; Langematz, Ulrike (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The characteristics and driving mechanisms of Elevated Stratopause Events (ESEs) are examined in simulations of the ECHAM/MESSy Atmospheric Chemistry (EMAC) chemistry-climate model under present and projected climate ...
    • Fate of Springtime Atmospheric Reactive Mercury: Concentrations and Deposition at Zeppelin, Svalbard 

      Osterwalder, Stefan; Dunham-Cheatham, Sarrah M.; Ferreira Araujo, Beatriz; Magand, Olivier; Thomas, Jennie L.; Baladima, Foteini; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Berg, Torunn; Zhang, Lei; Huang, Jiaoyan; Dommergue, Aurélien; Sonke, Jeroen E.; Gustin, Mae Sexauer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
    • Calibration of CO, NO2, and O3 Using Airify: A Low-Cost Sensor Cluster for Air Quality Monitoring 

      Ionascu, Marian-Emanuel; Castell, Nuria; Boncalo, Oana; Schneider, Philipp; Darie, Marius; Marcu, Marius (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      During the last decade, extensive research has been carried out on the subject of low-cost sensor platforms for air quality monitoring. A key aspect when deploying such systems is the quality of the measured data. Calibration ...
    • The hCOMET project: International database comparison of results with the comet assay in human biomonitoring. Baseline frequency of DNA damage and effect of main confounders 

      Milić, Mirta; Ceppi, Marcello; Bruzzone, Marco; Azqueta, Amaya; Brunborg, Gunnar; Godschalk, Roger; Koppen, Gudrun; Langie, Sabine; Møller, Peter; Teixeira, João Paulo; Alija, Avdulla; Anderson, Diana; Andrade, Vanessa; Andreoli, Cristina; Asllani, Fisnik; Eyluel Bangkoglu, Ezgi; Barancokova, Magdalena; Basaran, Nursen; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Buschini, Annamaria; Cavallo, Delia; Costa Pererira, Cristina; Costa, Carla; Costa, Solange; Da Silva, Juliana; Del Bo’, Cristian; Dimitrijevic Sreckovic, Vesna; Djelic, Ninoslav; Dobrzynska, Malgorzata; Duracková, Zdenka; Dvorakova, Monika; Gajski, Goran; Galati, Serena; García Lima, Omar; Giovannelli, Lisa; Goroshinskaya, Irina A.; Grindel, Annemarie; Gützkow, Kristine Bjerve; Hernández, Alba; Hernandez, Carlos; Holven, Kirsten Bjørklund; Ibero-Baraibar, Idoia; Ottestad, Inger Olaug; Kadioglu, Ela; Kazimirova, Alena; Kuznetsova, Elena; Ladeira, Carina; Laffon, Blanca; Lamonaca, Palma; Lebailly, Pierre; Louro, Henriqueta; Cardoso, Tania Mandina; Marcon, Francesca; Marcos, Ricard; Moretti, Massimo; Moretti, Silvia; Najafzadeh, Mojgan; Nemeth, Zsuzsanna; Neri, Monica; Novotna, Bozena; Orlow, Irene; Paduchova, Zuzana; Pastor, Susana; Perdry, Hervé; Spremo-Potparević, Biljana; Ramadhani, Dwi; Riso, Patrizia; Rohr, Paula; Rojas, Emilio; Rossner, Pavel; Safar, Anna; Sardas, Semra; Silva, Maria João; Sirota, Nikolay; Smolkova, Bozena; Staruchova, Marta; Stetina, Rudolf; Stopper, Helga; Surikova, Ekaterina I.; Ulven, Stine Marie; Ursini, Cinzia Lucia; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Valverde, Mahara; Vodička, Pavel; Volkovova, Katarina; Wagner, Karl-Heinz; Zivkovic, Lada; Dusinska, Maria; Collins, Andrew Richard; Bonassi, Stefano (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The alkaline comet assay, or single cell gel electrophoresis, is one of the most popular methods for assessing DNA damage in human population. One of the open issues concerning this assay is the identification of those ...
    • The Role of Nature-Based Solutions for Improving Environmental Quality, Health and Well-Being 

      Liu, Hai Ying; Jay, Marion; Chen, Xianwen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Nature-based solutions (NbS) have been positioned and implemented in urban areas as solutions for enhancing urban resilience in the face of a wide range of urban challenges. However, there is a lack of recommendations of ...
    • The Monitoring Nitrous Oxide Sources (MIN2OS) satellite project 

      Ricaud, Philippe; Attié, Jean-Luc; Chalinel, Rémi; Pasternak, Frédérick; Léonard, Joël; Pison, Isabelle; Pattey, Elizabeth; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zelinger, Zdenek; Lelieveld, Jos; Sciare, Jean; Saitoh, Naoko; Warner, Juying; Fortems-Cheiney, Audrey; Reynal, Hélène; Vidot, Jérôme; Brooker, Laure; Berdeu, Laurent; Saint-Pé, Olivier; Patra, Prabir K.; Dostál, Michal; Suchánek, Jan; Nevrlý, Václav; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The Monitoring Nitrous Oxide Sources (MIN2OS) satellite project aims at monitoring global-scale nitrous oxide (N2O) sources by retrieving N2O surface fluxes from the inversion of space-borne N2O measurements that are ...
    • How Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport Drive Surface Variability of N2O and CFC-11 

      Ruiz, Daniel J.; Prather, Michael J.; Strahan, Susan E.; Thompson, Rona Louise; Froidevaux, Lucien; Steenrod, Stephen D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a long-lived greenhouse gas that affects atmospheric chemistry and climate. In this work, we use satellite measurements of N2O, ozone (O3), and temperature from the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ...
    • Large Circulation Patterns Strongly Modulate Long-Term Variability of Arctic Black Carbon Levels and Areas of Origin 

      Stathopoulos, Vasileios; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Stohl, Andreas; Vratolis, Stergios; Matsoukas, Christos; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Black Carbon (BC) aerosol is a major climate forcer in the Arctic. Here, we present 15 years (2001–2015) of surface observations of the aerosol absorption coefficient babs (corresponding to Equivalent BC), obtained at the ...
    • Vurdering av CLEO for norske reindriftsutøvere 

      Fredriksen, Mirjam (NILU rapport;17/2021, Research report, 2021)
      Denne rapporten er en evaluering av Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network ved bruk av erfaringene fra pilottestene utført i perioden 2016-2020 av arktiske akademikere, urfolksinstitusjoner og samisk samfunn i Norge. ...
    • Evaluation of novel cleaning systems on mock-ups of unvarnished oil paint and chalk-glue ground within the Munch Aula Paintings Project 

      Stoveland, Lena Porsmo; Frøysaker, Tine; Stols-Witlox, Maartje; Grøntoft, Terje; Steindal, Calin Constantin; Madden, Odile; Ormsby, Bronwyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Low-risk removal of embedded surface soiling on delicate heritage objects can require novel alternatives to traditional cleaning systems. Edvard Munch’s monumental Aula paintings (1911–16) have a long history of exposure ...
    • Information Requirements under the Essential-Use Concept: PFAS Case Studies 

      Glüge, Juliane; London, Rachel; Cousins, Ian T.; Dewitt, Jamie; Goldenman, Gretta; Herzke, Dorte; Lohmann, Rainer; Miller, Mark; Ng, Carla A.; Patton, Sharyle; Trier, Xenia; Wang, Zhanyun; Scheringer, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of substances for which there are widespread concerns about their extreme persistence in combination with toxic effects. It has been argued that PFAS should only be ...
    • Impact of Eurasian autumn snow on the winter North Atlantic Oscillation in seasonal forecasts of the 20th century 

      Wegmann, Martin; Orsolini, Yvan J.; Weisheimer, Antje; Van Den Hurk, Bart; Lohmann, Gerrit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      As the leading climate mode of wintertime climate variability over Europe, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been extensively studied over the last decades. Recently, studies highlighted the state of the Eurasian ...
    • Sea Spray Aerosol (SSA) as a Source of Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) to the Atmosphere: Field Evidence from Long-Term Air Monitoring 

      Sha, Bo; Johansson, Jana H.; Tunved, Peter; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Cousins, Ian T.; Salter, Matthew E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The effective enrichment of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in sea spray aerosols (SSA) demonstrated in previous laboratory studies suggests that SSA is a potential source of PFAAs to the atmosphere. In order to investigate ...
    • Air Quality in Ny-Ålesund. Monitoring of Local Air Quality 2019 and 2020. 

      Johnsrud, Mona; Hermansen, Ove; Krejci, Radovan; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen (NILU report;28/2021, Research report, 2021)
      The concentrations of the measured components are generally low and below national limit values for the protection of human health and critical levels for the protection of vegetation. Wind from northern sectors gave the ...
    • Global predictions of primary soil salinization under changing climate in the 21st century 

      Hassani, Amirhossein; Azapagic, Adisa; Shokri, Nima (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Soil salinization has become one of the major environmental and socioeconomic issues globally and this is expected to be exacerbated further with projected climatic change. Determining how climate change influences the ...
    • Why is the city's responsibility for its air pollution often underestimated? A focus on PM2.5 

      Thunis, Philippe; Clappier, Alain; de Meij, Alexander; Pisoni, Enrico; Bessagnet, Bertrand; Tarrasón, Leonor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      While the burden caused by air pollution in urban areas is well documented, the origin of this pollution and therefore the responsibility of the urban areas in generating this pollution are still a subject of scientific ...