• Antarctic sea-ice low resonates in the ecophysiology of humpback whales 

      Nash, Susan M. Bengtson; Groß, Jasmin; Castrillon, Juliana; Casa, Maria Valeria; Luche, Greta Dalle; Meager, Justin James; Ghosh, Ruma; Eggebo, June; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The past six years have been marked by some of the most dramatic climatic events observed in the Antarctic region in recent history, commencing with the 2017 sea-ice extreme low. The Humpback Whale Sentinel Programme is a ...
    • Assessing temporal trends and source regions of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in air under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) 

      Wong, Fiona; Shoeib, Mahiba; Katsoyiannis, Athanasios A.; Eckhardt, Sabine; Stohl, Andreas; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Li, Henrik; Fellin, Phil; Su, Yushan; Hung, Hayley (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    • Atmospheric composition in the European Arctic and 30 years of the Zeppelin Observatory, Ny-Ålesund 

      Platt, Stephen Matthew; Hov, Øystein; Berg, Torunn; Breivik, Knut; Eckhardt, Sabine; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Fiebig, Markus; Fisher, Rebecca; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Hansson, Hans-Christen; Heintzenberg, Jost; Hermansen, Ove; Heslin-Rees, Dominic; Holmén, Kim; Hudson, Stephen; Kallenborn, Roland; Krejci, Radovan; Krognes, Terje; Larssen, Steinar; Lowry, David; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Lunder, Chris Rene; Nisbet, Euan; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Park, Ki-Tae; Pedersen, Christina Alsvik; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Röckmann, Thomas; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Solberg, Sverre; Stohl, Andreas; Ström, Johan; Svendby, Tove Marit; Tunved, Peter; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen; van der Veen, Carina; Vratolis, Stergios; Jun Yoon, Young; Yttri, Karl Espen; Zieger, Paul; Aas, Wenche; Tørseth, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Zeppelin Observatory (78.90∘ N, 11.88∘ E) is located on Zeppelin Mountain at 472 m a.s.l. on Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Established in 1989, the observatory is part of Ny-Ålesund ...
    • Brominated Flame Retardants in Antarctic Air in the Vicinity of Two All-Year Research Stations 

      Nash, Susan M. Bengtson; Wild, Seanan; Broomhall, Sara; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Continuous atmospheric sampling was conducted between 2010–2015 at Casey station in Wilkes Land, Antarctica, and throughout 2013 at Troll Station in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Sample extracts were analyzed for ...
    • Global intercomparison of polyurethane foam passive air samplers evaluating sources of variability in SVOC measurements 

      Melymuk, Lisa; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Harner, Tom; White, Kevin B.; Wang, Xianyu; Tominaga, Maria Yumiko; He, Jun; Li, Jun; Ma, Jianmin; Ma, Wan-Lin; Aristizábal, Beatriz H.; Dreyer, Annekatrin; Jiménez, Begoña; Muñoz-Arnanz, Juan; Odabasi, Mustafa; Dumanoglu, Yetikin; Yaman, Baris; Graf, Carola; Sweetman, Andrew; Klánova, Jana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Polyurethane foam passive air samplers (PUF-PAS) are the most common type of passive air sampler used for a range of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), including regulated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and ...
    • Increasing Trends of Legacy and Emerging Organic Contaminants in a Dated Sediment Core From East-Africa 

      Nipen, Maja; Vogt, Rolf David; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgå, Katrine; Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown; Borgen, Anders; Schlabach, Martin; Christensen, Guttorm N; Mmochi, Aviti John; Breivik, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Temporal trends of industrial organic contaminants can show how environmental burdens respond to changes in production, regulation, and other anthropogenic and environmental factors. Numerous studies have documented such ...
    • 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, ...
    • Main sources controlling atmospheric burdens of persistent organic pollutants on a national scale 

      Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gusev, Alexey; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Möckel, Claudia; Shatalov, Victor; Skogeng, Lovise Pedersen; Breivik, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      National long-term monitoring programs on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in background air have traditionally relied on active air sampling techniques. Due to limited spatial coverage of active air samplers, questions ...
    • Mercury in air and soil on an urban-rural transect in East Africa 

      Nipen, Maja; Jørgensen, Susanne Jøntvedt; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgå, Katrine; Breivik, Knut; Mmochi, Aviti J; Mwakalapa, Eliezer; Quant, M. Isabel; Schlabach, Martin; Vogt, Rolf David; Wania, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      There are large knowledge gaps concerning concentrations, sources, emissions, and spatial trends of mercury (Hg) in the atmosphere in developing regions of the Southern Hemisphere, particularly in urban areas. Filling these ...
    • 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 ...
    • New brominated flame retardants and dechlorane plus in the Arctic: Local sources and bioaccumulation potential in marine benthos 

      Carlsson, Pernilla; Vrana, Branislav; Sobotka, Jaromír; Borgå, Katrine; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Varpe, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    • Non-target and suspect characterisation of organic contaminants in ambient air, Part I: Combining a novel sample clean-up method with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography 

      Röhler, Laura; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Kallenborn, Roland; Schlabach, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Long-term monitoring of regulated organic chemicals, such as legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in ambient air provides valuable information about the compounds' ...
    • Non-target and suspect characterisation of organic contaminants in Arctic air – Part 2: Application of a new tool for identification and prioritisation of chemicals of emerging Arctic concern in air 

      Röhler, Laura; Schlabach, Martin; Haglund, Peter; Breivik, Knut; Kallenborn, Roland; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The Norwegian Arctic possesses a unique environment for the detection of new potential chemicals of emerging Arctic concern (CEACs) due to remoteness, sparse population and the low number of local contamination sources. ...
    • The NORMAN Association and the European Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC): let’s cooperate! 

      Dulio, Valeria; Koschorreck, Jan; van Bavel, Bert; van den Brink, Paul; Hollender, Juliane; Munthe, John; Schlabach, Martin; Aalizadeh, Reza; Agerstrand, Marlene; Ahrens, Lutz; Allan, Ian; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Barceló, Damià; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Boutroup, Susanne; Brack, Werner; Bressy, Adele; Christensen, Jan H.; Cirka, Lubos; Covaci, Adrian; Derksen, Anja; Deviller, Genevieve; Dingemans, Milou M. L.; Engwall, Magnus; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Gago-Ferrero, Pablo; Hernández, Félix; Herzke, Dorte; Hilscherová, Klára; Hollert, Henner; Junghans, Marion; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Keiter, Steffen; Kools, Stefan A. E.; Kruve, Anneli; Lambropoulou, Dimitra; Lamoree, Marja; Leonards, Pim; Lopez, Benjamin; López de Alda, Miren; Lundy, Lian; Makovinská, Jarmila; Marigómez, Ionan; Martin, Jonathan W.; McHugh, Brendan; Miège, Cécile; O'Toole, Simon; Perkola, Noora; Polesello, Stefano; Posthuma, Leo; Rodriguez-Mozaz, Sara; Roessink, Ivo; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Ruedel, Heinz; Samanipour, Saer; Schulze, Tobias; Schymanski, Emma L.; Sengl, Manfred; Tarabek, Peter; Hulscher, Dorien Ten; Thomaidis, Nikolaos; Togola, Anne; Valsecchi, Sara; van Leeuwen, Stefan; von der Ohe, Peter; Vorkamp, Katrin; Vrana, Branislav; Slobodnik, Jaroslav (Others, 2020)
      The Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC) is currently under development as a joint research and innovation programme to strengthen the scientific basis for chemical risk assessment in the EU. The plan is to ...
    • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons not declining in Arctic air despite global emission reduction 

      Yu, Yong; Katsoyiannis, Athanasios A.; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Brorström-Lundén, Eva; Ma, Jianmin; Zhao, Yuan; Wu, Zhiyong; Tych, Wlodzimierz; Mindham, David; Sverko, Ed; Barresi, Enzo; Dryfhout-Clark, Helena; Fellin, Phil; Hung, Hayley (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    • Reducing sampling artifacts in active air sampling methodology for remote monitoring and atmospheric fate assessment of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes 

      Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Bjørneby, Stine Marie; Kierkegaard, Amelie; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Active sampling methodology for atmospheric monitoring of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes (cVMS) was improved to reduce sampling artifacts. A new sorbent, ABN Express (ABN), was evaluated for storage stability and measurement ...
    • 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 ...
    • Spatial trends of chlorinated paraffins and dechloranes in air and soil in a tropical urban, suburban, and rural environment 

      Nipen, Maja; Vogt, Rolf David; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgå, Katrine; Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown; Borgen, anders Røsrud; Jørgensen, Susanne Jøntvedt; Ntapanta, Samwel Moses; Mmochi, Aviti John; Schlabach, Martin; Breivik, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      There are large knowledge gaps concerning environmental levels and fate of many organic pollutants, particularly for chemicals of emerging concern in tropical regions of the Global South. In this study, we investigated the ...
    • 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 ...
    • Temporal trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in arctic air: 20 years of monitoring under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) 

      Hung, Hayley; Katsoyiannis, Athanasios A.; Brorström-Lunden, Eva; Olafsdottir, Kristin; Aas, Wenche; Breivik, Knut; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Sigurdsson, Arni; Hakola, Hannele; Bossi, Rossana; Skov, Henrik; Sverko, Ed; Barresi, Enzo; Fellin, Phil; Wilson, Simon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Temporal trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) measured in Arctic air are essential in understanding long-range transport to remote regions and to evaluate the effectiveness of national and international chemical ...