Since the first explorers reached Antarctica, their activities have quickly impacted both land and sea and thus, together with the long-range transport, hazardous chemicals began to …
T Gouin - Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 2021 - Springer
Over the last several years there has been increasing concern regarding the environmental fate and potential global transport of plastic debris, particularly in the form of microplastic …
Psychrophilic organisms possess several adaptive strategies which allow them to sustain life at low temperatures between− 20 to 20° C. Studies on Antarctic psychrophiles are …
K Pozo, C Ahrendt, V Gómez, C Jacobsen… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Flame retardants (FRs) are released throughout the plastic life cycle, potentially impacting the environment, biodiversity, and human health. This study analyzed novel flame retardants …
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and their alternatives (eg, dechlorane plus (DPs) and decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE)) are ubiquitous in various environmental media …
S Corsolini, N Ademollo - Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Climate change is affecting Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and effects have been already reported for the abiotic compartments of the ecosystems, eg ice loss and iceberg …
We report the levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in seawater and air, and the air-sea dynamics through diffusive exchange analysis in …
H Li, Y Liu, Y Lan, Y Zhao, A Lu, C Li, R Lei… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Despite the restrictions on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs), these chemicals are still ubiquitous environmental …
S Waiyarat, SK Boontanon, N Boontanon, S Fujii… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, for the first time, we determined concentrations of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) in house dust and estimated human …