• 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 ...
    • Mercury isotope evidence for Arctic summertime re-emission of mercury from the cryosphere 

      Araujo, Beatriz Ferreira; Osterwalder, Stefan; Szponar, Natalie; Lee, Domenica; Petrova, Mariia V.; Pernov, Jakob Boyd; Ahmed, Shaddy; Heimbürger-Boavida, Lars-Eric; Laffont, Laure; Teisserenc, Roman; Tananaev, Nikita; Nordstrom, Claus; Magand, Olivier; Stupple, Geoff; Skov, Henrik; Steffen, Alexandra; Bergquist, Bridget; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Thomas, Jennie L.; Scheper, Simon; Petäjä, Tuukka; Dommergue, Aurélien; Sonke, Jeroen E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      During Arctic springtime, halogen radicals oxidize atmospheric elemental mercury (Hg0), which deposits to the cryosphere. This is followed by a summertime atmospheric Hg0 peak that is thought to result mostly from terrestrial ...
    • MERIS phytoplankton time series products from the SW Iberian Peninsula (Sagres) using seasonal-trend decomposition based on loess. 

      Cristina, Sónia; Cordeiro, Clara; Lavender, Samantha; Goela, Priscila Costa; Icely, John; Newton, Alice (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    • Mesospheric nitric acid enhancements during energetic electron precipitation events simulated by WACCM‐D 

      Orsolini, Yvan; Smith-Johnsen, Christine; Marsh, Daniel R.; Stordal, Frode; Rodger, Craig J.; Verronen, Pekka T.; Clilverd, Mark A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    • Methane at Svalbard and over the European Arctic Ocean 

      Platt, Stephen Matthew; Eckhardt, Sabine; Ferré, Benedicte; Fisher, Rebecca E.; Hermansen, Ove; Jansson, Pär; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Pisso, Ignacio; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Silyakova, Anna; Stohl, Andreas; Svendby, Tove Marit; Vadakkepuliyambatta, Sunil; Mienert, Jurgen; Myhre, Cathrine Lund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Methane (CH4) is a powerful greenhouse gas. Its atmospheric mixing ratios have been increasing since 2005. Therefore, quantification of CH4 sources is essential for effective climate change mitigation. Here we report ...
    • Methane emissions in East Asia for 2000-2011 estimated using an atmospheric Bayesian inversion 

      Thompson, Rona Louise; Stohl, Andreas; Zhou, Lu Xuedu; Dlugokencky, Edward J.; Fukuyama, Yukio; Tohjima, Yasunori; Kim, Seung-Yeon; Lee, Hoesung; Nisbet, Euan G.; Fisher, Rebecca E.; Lowry, David; Weiss, Ray F.; Prinn, Ronald G.; O'Doherty, Simon J.; Young, Dickon; White, James W.C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    • Methane fluxes in the high northern latitudes for 2005–2013 estimated using a Bayesian atmospheric inversion 

      Thompson, Rona Louise; Sasakawa, Motoki; Machida, Toshinobu; Aalto, Tuula; Worthy, Doug; Lavrič, Jošt V.; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Stohl, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • Method for retrieval of aerosol optical depth from multichannel irradiance measurements 

      Sztipanov, Milos; Dahlback, Arne; Stamnes, Jakob J.; Svendby, Tove Marit; Stamnes, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We present, to the best of our knowledge, a new method for retrieval of aerosol optical depth from multichannel irradiance measurements. A radiative transfer model is used to simulate measurements to create the new aerosol ...
    • Methylmercury biomagnification in an Arctic pelagic food web 

      Ruus, Anders; Øverjordet, Ida Beathe; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Evenset, Anita; Christensen, Guttorm N.; Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Borgå, Katrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Mercury (Hg) is a toxic element that enters the biosphere from natural and anthropogenic sources, and emitted gaseous Hg enters the Arctic from lower latitudes by long-range transport. In aquatic systems, anoxic conditions ...
    • Microfluidic In Vitro Platform for (Nano)Safety and (Nano)Drug Efficiency Screening 

      Kohl, Yvonne; Biehl, Margit; Spring, Sarah; Hesler, Michelle; Ogourtsov, Vladimir; Todorovic, Miomir; Owen, Joshua; Elje, Elisabeth; Kopecka, Kristina; Moriones, Oscar Hernando; Bastus, Neus G.; Simon, Peter; Dubaj, Tibor; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Puntes, Victor; William, Nicola; von Briesen, Hagen; Wagner, Sylvia; Kapur, Nikil; Mariussen, Espen; Nelson, Andrew; Gabelova, A; Dusinska, Maria; Velten, Thomas; Knoll, Thorsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Microfluidic technology is a valuable tool for realizing more in vitro models capturing cellular and organ level responses for rapid and animal‐free risk assessment of new chemicals and drugs. Microfluidic cell‐based devices ...
    • Microplastic Fiber Emissions From Wastewater Effluents: Abundance, Transport Behavior and Exposure Risk for Biota in an Arctic Fjord 

      Herzke, Dorte; Ghaffari, Peygham; Sundet, Jan Henry; Tranang, Caroline Aas; Halsband, Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Microfibers (MF) are one of the major classes of microplastic found in the marine environment on a global scale. Very little is known about how they move and distribute from point sources such as wastewater effluents into ...
    • Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment 

      Allen, Deonie; Allen, Steve; Abbasi, Sajjad; Baker, Alex; Bergmann, Melanie; Brahney, Janice; Butler, Tim; Duce, Robert; Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Jickells, Tim; Kanakidou, Maria; Kershaw, Peter J; Laj, Paolo G.; Levermore, Joseph; Li, Daoji; Liss, Peter; Liu, Kai; Mahowald, Natalie M.; Masque, Pere; Materic, Dusan; Mayes, Andrew G.; McGinnity, Paul; Osvath, Iolanda; Prather, Kimberly A.; Prospero, Joseph M.; Revell, Laura E.; Sander, Sylvia G.; Shim, Won Joon; Slade, Jonathan; Stein, Ariel F.; Wright, Stephanie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The discovery of atmospheric micro(nano)plastic transport and ocean–atmosphere exchange points to a highly complex marine plastic cycle, with negative implications for human and ecosystem health. Yet, observations are ...
    • Microplastics in the atmosphere and cryosphere in the circumpolar North: a case for multicompartment monitoring 

      Hamilton, Bonnie M.; Jantunen, Liisa; Bergmann, Melanie; Vorkamp, Katrin; Aherne, Julian; Magnusson, Kerstin; Herzke, Dorte; Granberg, Maria; Hallanger, Ingeborg G.; Gomiero, Alessio; Peeken, Ilka (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The atmosphere and cryosphere have recently garnered considerable attention due to their role in transporting microplastics to and within the Arctic, and between freshwater, marine, and terrestrial environments. While ...
    • Mineral dust instantaneous radiative forcing in the Arctic 

      Kylling, Arve; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    • The miniaturized enzyme-modified comet assay for genotoxicity testing of nanomaterials 

      El Yamani, Naouale; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Collins, Andrew Richard; Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Elje, Elisabeth; Hoet, Peter; Vrček, Ivana Vinković; Doak, Shareen H.; Fessard, Valérie; Dusinska, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The in vitro comet assay is a widely applied method for investigating genotoxicity of chemicals including engineered nanomaterials (NMs). A big challenge in hazard assessment of NMs is possible interference between the NMs ...
    • Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay (MIRCA): recommendations for describing comet assay procedures and results 

      Møller, Peter; Azqueta, Amaya; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Koppen, Gudrun; Bonassi, Stefano; Milic, Mirta; Gajski, Goran; Costa, Solange; Teixeira, João Paulo; Pereira, Cristiana Costa; Dusinska, Maria; Godschalk, Roger; Brunborg, Gunnar; Gutzkow, Kristine Bjerve; Giovannelli, Lisa; Cooke, Marcus S.; Richling, Elke; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Basaran, Nursen; Del Bo, Cristian; Zegura, Bojana; Novak, Matjaz; Stopper, Helga; Vodicka, Pavel; Vodenkova, Sona; de Andrade, Vanessa Moraes; Srámková, Monika; Gábelová, Alena; Collins, Andrew Richard; Langie, Sabine A.S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The comet assay is a widely used test for the detection of DNA damage and repair activity. However, there are interlaboratory differences in reported levels of baseline and induced damage in the same experimental systems. ...
    • Mobile phone tracking: in support of modelling traffic-related air pollution contribution to individual exposure and its implications for public health impact assessment 

      Liu, Hai-Ying; Skjetne, Erik; Kobernus, Michael John (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      We propose a new approach to assess the impact of traffic-related air pollution on public health by mapping personal trajectories using mobile phone tracking technology in an urban environment. Although this approach is ...
    • Mobility particle size spectrometers: harmonization of technical standards and data structure to facilitate high quality long-term observations of atmospheric particle number size distributions 

      Wiedensohler, A.; Birmili, W.; Nowak, A.; Sonntag, A.; Weinhold, K.; Merkel, M.; Wehner, B.; Tuch, T.; Pfeifer, S.; Fiebig, Markus; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Asmi, E.; Sellegri, K.; Depuy, R.; Venzac, H.; Villani, P.; Laj, P.; Aalto, P.; Ogren, J.A.; Swietlicki, E.; Williams, P.; Roldin, P.; Quincey, P.; Huglin, C.; Fierz-Schmidhauser, R.; Gysel, M.; Weingartner, E.; Riccobono, F.; Santos, S.; Grüning, C.; Faloon, K.; Beddows, D.; Harrison, R.; Monahan, C.; Jennings, S.G.; O'Dowd, C.D.; Marinoni, A.; Horn, H.G.; Keck, L.; Jiang, J.; Scheckman, J.; McMurry, P.H.; Deng, Z.; Zhao, C.S.; Moerman, M.; Henzing, B.; de Leeuw, G.; Löschau, G.; Bastian, S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
    • Model evaluation of short-lived climate forcers for the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme: a multi-species, multi-model study 

      Whaley, Cynthia; Mahmood, Rashed; von Salzen, Knut; Winter, Barbara; Eckhardt, Sabine; Arnold, Stephen R.; Beagley, Stephen; Becagli, Silvia; Chien, Rong-You; Christensen, Jesper; Damani, Sujay Manish; Dong, Xinyi; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Faluvegi, Gregory; Flanner, Mark G.; Fu, Joshua S.; Gauss, Michael; Giardi, Fabio; Gong, Wanmin; Hjorth, Jens Liengaard; Huang, Lin; Im, Ulas; Kanaya, Yugo; Srinath, Krishnan; Klimont, Zbigniew; Kuhn, Thomas; Langner, Joakim; Law, Kathy S.; Marelle, Louis; Massling, Andreas; Oliviè, Dirk Jan Leo; Onishi, Tatsuo; Oshima, Naga; Peng, Yiran; Plummer, David A.; Pozzoli, Luca; Popovicheva, Olga; Raut, Jean-Christophe; Sand, Maria; Saunders, Laura; Schmale, Julia; Sharma, Sangeeta; Skeie, Ragnhild Bieltvedt; Skov, Henrik; Taketani, Fumikazu; Thomas, Manu Anna; Traversi, Rita; Tsigaridis, Kostas; Tsyro, Svetlana; Turnock, Steven T; Vitale, Vito; Walker, Kaley A.; Wang, Minqi; Watson-Parris, Duncan; Weiss-Gibbons, Tahya (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      While carbon dioxide is the main cause for global warming, modeling short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) such as methane, ozone, and particles in the Arctic allows us to simulate near-term climate and health impacts for a ...
    • Model studies of volatile diesel exhaust particle formation: Are organic vapours involved in nucleation and growth? 

      Pirjola, L.; Karl, Matthias; Rönkkö, T.; Arnold, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)