NILU Brage: Recent submissions

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    • Exploring online public survey lifestyle datasets with statistical analysis, machine learning and semantic ontology 

      Chatterjee, Ayan; Riegler, Michael; Johnson, Miriam S.; Das, Jishnu; Pahari, Nibedita; Ramachandra, Raghavendra; Ghosh, Bikramaditya; Saha, Arpan; Bajpai, Ram (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Lifestyle diseases significantly contribute to the global health burden, with lifestyle factors playing a crucial role in the development of depression. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified many determinants of depression. ...

    • PFAS Exposure is Associated with a Lower Spermatic Quality in an Arctic Seabird 

      Humann-Guilleminot, Ségolène; Blévin, Pierre; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Herzke, Dorte; Nikiforov, Vladimir A.; Jouanneau, William; Moe, Børge; Parenteau, Charline; Helfenstein, Fabrice; Chastel, Olivier (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Several studies have reported an increasing occurrence of poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in Arctic wildlife tissues, raising concerns due to their resistance to degradation. While some research has ...

    • Data Fusion for Enhancing Urban Air Quality Modeling using Large-Scale Citizen Science 

      O'Regan, Anna C.; Grythe, Henrik; Hellebust, Stig; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; O’Dowd, Colin; Hamer, Paul David; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Nyhan, Marguerite M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Rapid urbanization has led to many environmental issues, including poor air quality. With urbanization set to continue, there is an urgent need to mitigate air pollution and minimize its adverse health impacts. This study ...

    • Transitioning to building integration of photovoltaics and greenery (BIPVGREEN): case studies up-scaling from cities informal settlements 

      Karamanis, Dimitrios; Liu, Hai Ying; Skandalos, Nikolaos; Makis, Achilleas; Kapsalis, Vasileios; D’Agostino, Delia; Maduta, Carmen; Tolis, Athanasios; Trandafir, Simona; Parker, Danny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      To achieve the objectives of COP28 for transitioning away from fossil fuels and phasing these out, both natural and technological solutions are essential, necessitating a step-change in how we implement social innovation. ...

    • Archetypes of Spatial Concentration Variability of Organic Contaminants in the Atmosphere: Implications for Identifying Sources and Mapping the Gaseous Outdoor Inhalation Exposome 

      Zhan, Faqiang; Li, Yuening; Shunthirasingham, Chubashini; Oh, Jenny; Lei, Ying Duan; Lu, Zhe; Ben Chaaben, Amina; Lee, Kelsey; Gobas, Frank A. P. C.; Hung, Hayley; Breivik, Knut; Wania, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Whereas inhalation exposure to organic contaminants can negatively impact human health, knowledge of their spatial variability in the ambient atmosphere remains limited. We analyzed the extracts of passive air samplers ...

    • Cross-cutting studies of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in Arctic wildlife and humans 

      Lohmann, Rainer; Abass, Khaled; Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva Cecilie; Bossi, Rossana; Dietz, Rune; Ferguson, Steve; Fernie, Kim J.; Grandjean, Philippe; Herzke, Dorte; Houde, Magali; Lemire, Mélanie; Letcher, Robert J.; Muir, Derek; De Silva, Amila O.; Ostertag, Sonja K.; Rand, Amy A.; Søndergaard, Jens; Sonne, Christian; Sunderland, Elsie M.; Vorkamp, Katrin; Wilson, Simon; Weihe, Pal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      This cross-cutting review focuses on the presence and impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Arctic. Several PFAS undergo long-range transport via atmospheric (volatile polyfluorinated compounds) and ...

    • Environmental pollutants in the terrestrial and urban environment 2023 

      Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Moe, Børge; Davie-Martin, Cleo Lisa; Borgen, Anders; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Nordang, Unni Mette; Løge, Oda Siebke; Harju, Mikael; Bæk, Kine; Hanssen, Linda (NILU report;25/2024, Research report, 2024)
      Samples from the urban terrestrial environment in the Oslo area were analysed for metals and a large number of organic environmental pollutants. The selected samples that were analysed were soil, earthworm, fieldfare egg, ...

    • A template wizard for the cocreation of machine-readable data-reporting to harmonize the evaluation of (nano)materials 

      Jeliazkova, Nina; Longhin, Eleonora Marta; El Yamani, Naouale; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Moschini, Elisa; Serchi, Tommaso; Vrček, Ivana Vinković; Burgum, Michael J.; Doak, Shareen H.; Cimpan, Mihaela Roxana; Rios-Mondragon, Ivan; Cimpan, Emil; Battistelli, Chiara L.; Bossa, Cecilia; Tsekovska, Rositsa; Drobne, Damjana; Novak, Sara; Repar, Neža; Ammar, Ammar; Nymark, Penny; Di Battista, Veronica; Sosnowska, Anita; Puzyn, Tomasz; Kochev, Nikolay; Iliev, Luchesar; Jeliazkov, Vedrin; Reilly, Katie; Lynch, Iseult; Martine, Bakker; Delpivo, Camilla; Sánchez Jiménez, Araceli; Fonseca, Ana Sofia; Manier, Nicolas; Fernandez-Cruz, María Luisa; Rashid, Shahzad; Willighagen, Egon L.; Apostolova, Margarita D; Dusinska, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

    • Testing ethical impact assessment for nano risk governance 

      Malsch, Ineke; Isigonis, Panagiotis; Bouman, Evert Alwin; Afantitis, Antreas; Melagraki, Georgia; Dusinska, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Risk governance of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies has been traditionally mainly limited to risk assessment, risk management and life cycle assessment. Recent approaches have experimented with widening the scope and ...

    • Towards a harmonized approach for atmospheric monitoring of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs). Workshop 8-10 November 2023. NILU, Kjeller, Norway 

      Aas, Wenche; Davie-Martin, Cleo Lisa; Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Herzke, Dorte; Hartz, William Frederik; Hung, Hayley; Mayer, Ludovic; Nerentorp, Michelle; Nipen, Maja; Rüdiger, Julian; Tinel, Liselotte; Vorkamp, Katrin (EMEP/CCC-Report;5/2024, Research report, 2024)
      This report summaries the outcome of a workshop focused on standardizing monitoring strategies for Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs), including PFAS, flame retardants, chlorinated paraffins, siloxanes, and microplastics. ...

    • Comparison of observation- and inventory-based methane emissions for eight large global emitters 

      Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana; Peters, Glen Philip; Engelen, Richard; Houweling, Sander; Brunner, Dominik; Tsuruta, Aki; Matthews, Bradley; Patra, Prabir K.; Belikov, Dmitry; Thompson, Rona Louise; Hoglund-Isaksson, Lena; Zhang, Wenxin; Segers, Arjo; Etiope, Giuseppe; Ciotoli, Giancarlo; Peylin, Philippe; Chevallier, Frédéric; Aalto, Tuula; Andrew, Robbie; Bastviken, David; Berchet, Antoine; Broquet, Gregoire; Conchedda, Giulia; Dellaert, Stijn N. C.; van der Gon, Hugo Denier; Gütschow, Johannes; Haussaire, Jean-Matthieu; Lauerwald, Ronny; Markkanen, Tiina; van Peet, Jacob C. A.; Pison, Isabelle; Regnier, Pierre; Sollum, Espen; Scholze, Marko; Tenkanen, Maria; Tubiello, Francesco N.; van der Werf, Guido R.; Worden, John R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Monitoring the spatial distribution and trends in surface greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes, as well as flux attribution to natural and anthropogenic processes, is essential to track progress under the Paris Agreement and to ...

    • Polychlorinated alkanes in indoor environment: A review of levels, sources, exposure, and health implications for chlorinated paraffin mixtures 

      Ezker, Idoia Beloki; Yuan, Bo; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgen, Anders; Wang, Thanh (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Polychlorinated n-alkanes (PCAs) are the main components of chlorinated paraffins (CPs) mixtures, that have been commonly grouped into short-chain (SCCPs, C10–13), medium-chain (MCCPs, C14–17), and long-chain (LCCPs, C18-30) ...

    • Ammonia emission estimates using CrIS satellite observations over Europe 

      Ding, Jieying; van der A, Ronald; Eskes, Henk; Dammers, Enrico; Shephard, Mark; Kruit, Roy Wichink; Guevara, Marc; Tarrasón, Leonor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Over the past century, ammonia (NH3) emissions have increased with the growth of livestock and fertilizer usage. The abundant NH3 emissions lead to secondary fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution, climate change, and ...

    • Feathers as integrated archives of environmental stress: Direct and indirect effects of metal exposure and dietary ecology on physiological stress in a terrestrial raptor 

      Hansen, Elisabeth; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Herzke, Dorte; Bangjord, Georg; Ballesteros, Manuel; Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen; Bollinger, Eric; Schulz, Ralf; Eulaers, Igor; Bourgeon, Sophie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Metal pollution is a global environmental issue with adverse biological effects on wildlife. Long-term studies that span declines in metal emissions due to regulation, resulting in varying levels of environmental contamination, ...

    • Surface warming in Svalbard may have led to increases in highly active ice-nucleating particles 

      Tobo, Yutaka; Adachi, Kouji; Kawai, Kei; Matsui, Hitoshi; Ohata, Sho; Oshima, Naga; Kondo, Yutaka; Hermansen, Ove; Uchida, Masaki; Inoue, Jun; Koike, Makoto (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      The roles of Arctic aerosols as ice-nucleating particles remain poorly understood, even though their effects on cloud microphysics are crucial for assessing the climate sensitivity of Arctic mixed-phase clouds and predicting ...

    • Multi-Scale Soil Salinization Dynamics From Global to Pore Scale: A Review 

      Shokri, Nima; Hassani, Amirhossein; Sahimi, Muhammad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Soil salinization refers to the accumulation of water-soluble salts in the upper part of the soil profile. Excessive levels of soil salinity affects crop production, soil health, and ecosystem functioning. This phenomenon ...

    • Monitoring aerosol optical depth during the Arctic night: Instrument development and first results 

      Mazzola, Mauro; Stone, Robert S.; Kouremeti, Natalia; Vitale, Vito; Gröbner, Julian; Stebel, Kerstin; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Stone, Thomas C.; Ritter, Christoph; Pulimeno, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Moon-photometric measurements were made at two locations in the Arctic during winter nights using two different modified Sun photometers; a Carter Scott SP02 and a Precision Filter Radiometer (PFR) developed at PMOD/WRC. ...

    • Global nitrous oxide budget (1980–2020) 

      Tian, Hanqin; Pan, Naiqing; Thompson, Rona Louise; Canadell, Josep G.; Suntharalingam, Parvadha; Regnier, Pierre; Davidson, Eric A.; Prather, Michael; Ciais, Philippe; Muntean, Marilena; Pan, Shufen; Winiwarter, Wilfried; Zaehle, Sonke; Zhou, Feng; Jackson, Robert B.; Bange, Hermann W.; Berthet, Sarah; Bian, Zihao; Bianchi, Daniele; Bouwman, Alexander F.; Buitenhuis, Erik T.; Dutton, Geoffrey; Hu, Minpeng; Ito, Akihiko; Jain, Atul K.; Jeltsch-Thömmes, Aurich; Joos, Fortunat; Kou-Giesbrecht, Sian; Krummel, Paul B.; Lan, Xin; Landolfi, Angela; Lauerwald, Ronny; Li, Ya; Lu, Chaoqun; Maavara, Taylor; Manizza, Manfredi; Millet, Dylan B.; Mühle, Jens; Patra, Prabir K.; Peters, Glen Philip; Qin, Xiaoyu; Raymond, Peter; Resplandy, Laure; Rosentreter, Judith A.; Shi, Hao; Sun, Qing; Tonina, Daniele; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Van Der Werf, Guido R.; Vuichard, Nicolas; Wang, Junjie; Wells, Kelley C.; Western, Luke M.; Wilson, Chris; Yang, Jia; Yao, Yuanzhi; You, Yongfa; Zhu, Qing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a long-lived potent greenhouse gas and stratospheric ozone-depleting substance that has been accumulating in the atmosphere since the preindustrial period. The mole fraction of atmospheric N2O has ...

    • Spatial Source Contribution and Interannual Variation in Deposition of Dust Aerosols Over the Chinese Loess Plateau 

      Haugvaldstad, Ove Westermoen; Tang, Hui; Kaakinen, Anu; Bohm, Katja; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Grythe, Henrik; Stevens, Thomas; Zhang, Zhongshi; Stordal, Frode (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      The Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) in northern China is home to one of the most prominent loess records in the world, reflecting past eolian dust activity in East Asia. However, their interpretation is hampered by ambiguity ...

    • Heavy metals and POP measurements 2022 

      Aas, Wenche; Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo (EMEP/CCC-Report;3/2024, Research report, 2024)
      This report presents an overview of the annual statistics and results from the monitoring programme of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in EMEP in 2022.