• Different Sensitivity of Advanced Bronchial and Alveolar Mono- and Coculture Models for Hazard Assessment of Nanomaterials 

      Elje, Elisabeth; Mariussen, Espen; McFadden, Erin; Dusinska, Maria; Rundén-Pran, Elise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      For the next-generation risk assessment (NGRA) of chemicals and nanomaterials, new approach methodologies (NAMs) are needed for hazard assessment in compliance with the 3R’s to reduce, replace and refine animal experiments. ...
    • An Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Depletion Event During Spring 2020 and Its Impacts Across Europe 

      Petkov, Boyan H.; Vitale, Vito; Di Carlo, Piero; Drofa, Oxana; Mastrangelo, Daniele; Smedley, Andrew R.D.; Diemoz, Henri; Siani, Anna-Maria; Fountoulakis, Ilias; Webb, Ann R; Bais, Alkiviadis; Kift, Richard; Rimmer, John; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Svendby, Tove Marit; Pazmino, Andrea; Werner, Rolf; Atanassov, Atanas M.; Láska, Kamil; De Backer, Hugo; Mangold, Alexander; Köhler, Ulf; Velazco, Voltaire A.; Stübi, René; Solomatnikova, Anna; Pavlova, Kseniya; Sobolewski, Piotr S.; Johnsen, Bjørn; Goutail, Florence; Misaga, Oliver; Aruffo, Eleonora; Metelka, Ladislav; Tóth, Zoltán; Fekete, Dénes; Aculinin, Alexandr A.; Lupi, Angelo; Mazzola, Mauro; Zardi, Federico (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The response of the ozone column across Europe to the extreme 2020 Arctic ozone depletion was examined by analyzing ground-based observations at 38 European stations. The ozone decrease at the northernmost site, Ny-Ålesund ...
    • A high-resolution dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis of seven plastic polymers; A case study of Norway 

      Abbasi, Golnoush; Hauser, Marina Jennifer; Baldé, Cornelis Peter; Bouman, Evert Alwin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Plastic pollution has long been identified as one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. To tackle this problem, governments are setting stringent recycling targets to keep plastics in a closed loop. Yet, knowledge ...
    • Revised historical Northern Hemisphere black carbon emissions based on inverse modeling of ice core records 

      Eckhardt, Sabine; Pisso, Ignacio; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Plach, Andreas; McConnell, Joseph R.; Sigl, Michael; Ruppel, Meri; Zdanowicz, Christian; Lim, Saehee; Chellman, Nathan J; Opel, Thomas; Meyer, Hanno; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Schwikowski, Margit; Stohl, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Black carbon emitted by incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass has a net warming effect in the atmosphere and reduces the albedo when deposited on ice and snow; accurate knowledge of past emissions is essential ...
    • Linking Nanomaterial-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Existing Adverse Outcome Pathways for Chemicals 

      Murugadoss, Sivakumar; Vrček, Ivana Vinković; Schaffert, Alexandra; Paparella, Martin; Pem, Barbara; Sosnowska, Anita; Stępnik, Maciej; Martens, Marvin; Willighagen, Egon L.; Puzyn, Tomasz; Cimpan, Mihaela-Roxana; Lemaire, Frauke; Mertens, Birgit; Dusinska, Maria; Fessard, Valérie; Hoet, Peter H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) framework plays a crucial role in the paradigm shift of toxicity testing towards the development and use of new approach methodologies. AOPs developed for chemicals are in theory applicable ...
    • Ingestion of car tire crumb rubber and uptake of associated chemicals by lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) 

      Hägg, Fanny; Herzke, Dorte; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Booth, Andy; Sperre, Kristine Hopland; Sørensen, Lisbet; Egeness, Mari Jystad; Halsband, Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Car tire rubber constitutes one of the largest fractions of microplastics emissions to the environment. The two main emission sources are tire wear particles (TWPs) formed through abrasion during driving and runoff of crumb ...
    • The Composite Response of Traveling Planetary Waves in the Middle Atmosphere Surrounding Sudden Stratospheric Warmings through an Overreflection Perspective 

      Rhodes, Christian Todd; Limpasuvan, Varavut; Orsolini, Yvan Joseph Georges Emile G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Traveling planetary waves surrounding sudden stratospheric warming events can result from direct propagation from below or in situ generation. They can have significant impacts on the circulation in the mesosphere and lower ...
    • Fluorine Mass Balance, including Total Fluorine, Extractable Organic Fluorine, Oxidizable Precursors, and Target Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, in Pooled Human Serum from the Tromsø Population in 1986, 2007, and 2015 

      Cioni, Lara; Plassmann, Merle; Benskin, Jonathan P.; Coelho, Ana Carolina; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Rylander, Karin Charlotta Maria; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Sandanger, Torkjel Manning; Herzke, Dorte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Of the thousands of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) known to exist, only a small fraction (≤1%) are commonly monitored in humans. This discrepancy has led to concerns that human exposure may be underestimated. ...
    • Image-Text Connection: Exploring the Expansion of the Diversity Within Joint Feature Space Similarity Score 

      Mohammadi, Mahsa; Eftekhari, Mahdi; Hassani, Amirhossein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Cross-modal representation learning aims to learn a shared representation space where data from multiple modalities can be effectively compared, fused, and understood. This paper investigates the role of increased diversity ...
    • Evaluation of meso- and microplastic ingestion by the northern fulmar through a non-lethal sampling method 

      Collard, France; Strøm, Hallvard; Fayet, Marie-Océane; Gudmundsson, Fannar Theyr; Herzke, Dorte; Hotvedt, Ådne; Løchen, Arja Katrina Lea Arnesen; Malherbe, Cédric; Eppe, Gauthier; Gabrielsen, Geir W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      An increasing number of organisms from the polar regions are reported contaminated by plastic. Rarely a non-killing sampling method is used. In this study we wanted to assess plastic levels using stomach flushing and ...
    • Nanomedicine and epigenetics: New alliances to increase the odds in pancreatic cancer survival 

      Urbanova, Maria; Cihova, Marina; Buocikova, Verona; Slopovsky, Jan; Dubovan, Peter; Pindak, Daniel; Tomas, Miroslav; García-Bermejo, Laura; Rodríguez-Garrote, Mercedes; Earl, Julie; Kohl, Yvonne; Kataki, Agapi; Dusinska, Maria; Sainz Jr., Bruno; Smolkova, Bozena; Gabelova, Alena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the deadliest cancers worldwide, primarily due to its robust desmoplastic stroma and immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), which facilitate tumor progression and ...
    • Levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Antarctic atmosphere over time (1980 to 2021) and estimation of their atmospheric half-lives 

      Luarte, Thais; Gómez-Aburto, Victoria A.; Poblete-Castro, Ignacio; Castro-Nallar, Eduardo; Huneeus, Nicolas; Molina-Montenegro, Marco; Egas, Claudia; Azcune, Germán; Pérez-Parada, Andrés; Lohmann, Rainier; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Dachs, Jordi; Nash, Susan Bengtson; Chiang, Gustavo; Pozo, Karla; Galban-Malagon, Cristobal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are synthetic compounds that were intentionally produced in large quantities and have been distributed in the global environment, originating a threat due to their persistence, ...
    • Monitoring of long-range transported air pollutants in Norway. Annual Report 2022. 

      Aas, Wenche; Eckhardt, Sabine; Solberg, Sverre; Yttri, Karl Espen (NILU report;11/2023, Research report, 2023)
      This report presents results from the monitoring of atmospheric composition and deposition of air pollution in 2022, and focuses on main components in air and precipitation, particulate and gaseous phase of inorganic ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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. ...
    • 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 ...
    • Investigating the Sensitivity of Low-Cost Sensors in Measuring Particle Number Concentrations across Diverse Atmospheric Conditions in Greece and Spain 

      Kosmopoulos, Georgios; Salamalikis, Vasileios; Wilbert, Stefan; Zarzalejo, Luis F.; Hanrieder, Natalie; Karatzas, Stylianos; Kazantzidis, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Low-cost sensors (LCSs) for particulate matter (PM) concentrations have attracted the interest of researchers, supplementing their efforts to quantify PM in higher spatiotemporal resolution. The precision of PM mass ...
    • Legacy perfluoroalkyl acids and their oxidizable precursors in plasma samples of Norwegian women 

      Miranda Fernandes Coelho, Ana Carolina; Cioni, Lara; Van Dreunen, Wendy; Berg, Vivian; Rylander, Karin Charlotta Maria; Urbarova, Ilona Halva; Herzke, Dorte; Sandanger, Torkjel M (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Humans are exposed to perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAA) mainly through direct pathways, such as diet and drinking water, but indirect exposure also occurs when PFAA precursors break down to form legacy PFAA. Exposure to PFAA ...
    • Modelling of the deterioration and conservation costs of polychrome painted wood in two Norwegian medieval stone churches 

      Grøntoft, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      EnvCul (https://envcul.nilu.no/) modelling was performed of condition changes of painted wooden panels and related conservation cost in indoor climate and object response scenarios in two Norwegian Medieval stone churches: ...
    • NORMAN guidance on suspect and non-target screening in environmental monitoring 

      Hollender, Juliane; Schymanski, Emma L.; Ahrens, Lutz; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Been, Frederic; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Brunner, Andrea M.; Celma, Alberto; Fildier, Aurelie; Fu, Qiuguo; Gago-Ferrero, Pablo; Gil-Solsona, Ruben; Haglund, Peter; Hansen, Martin; Kaserzon, Sarit; Kruve, Anneli; Lamoree, Marja; Margoum, Christelle; Meijer, Jeroen; Merel, Sylvain; Rauert, Cassandra; Rostkowski, Pawel; Samanipour, Saer; Schulze, Bastian; Shculze, Tobias; Singh, Randolph R.; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Steininger-Mairinger, Teresa; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Togola, Anne; Vorkamp, Katrin; Vulliet, Emmanuelle; Zhu, Linyan; Krauss, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Increasing production and use of chemicals and awareness of their impact on ecosystems and humans has led to large interest for broadening the knowledge on the chemical status of the environment and human health by suspect ...