[HTML][HTML] Legacy and emerging organic contaminants in the polar regions

Z Xie, P Zhang, Z Wu, S Zhang, L Wei, L Mi… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of numerous emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) and remobilization of
legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in polar regions have become significant …

Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North

BM Hamilton, JE Baak, K Vorkamp, S Hammer… - Arctic …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Plastic pollution (including microplastics) has been reported in a variety of biotic and abiotic
compartments across the circumpolar Arctic. Due to their environmental ubiquity, there is a …

[HTML][HTML] Levels and distribution profiles of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a high Arctic Svalbard ice core

WF Hartz, MK Björnsdotter, LWY Yeung… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of persistent organic contaminants
of which some are toxic and bioaccumulative. Several PFAS can be formed from the …

[HTML][HTML] Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and volatile methyl siloxanes in global air: Spatial and temporal trends

A Saini, S Chinnadurai, JK Schuster, A Eng… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study reports on the atmospheric concentrations of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) and volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS) measured using sorbent-impregnated …

Spatiotemporal trends spanning three decades show toxic levels of chemical contaminants in marine mammals

RS Williams, A Brownlow, A Baillie… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Despite their ban and restriction under the 2001 Stockholm Convention, persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) are still widespread and pervasive in the environment. Releases of these …

Pervasive exposure of wild small mammals to legacy and currently used pesticide mixtures in arable landscapes

C Fritsch, B Appenzeller, L Burkart, M Coeurdassier… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge gaps regarding the potential role of pesticides in the loss of agricultural
biodiversity worldwide and mixture-related issues hamper proper risk assessment of …

Spatial and temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants across europe after 15 years of MONET passive air sampling

KB White, J Kalina, M Scheringer… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Global Monitoring Plan of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs) was established to generate long-term data necessary for evaluating the …

Atmospheric composition in the European Arctic and 30 years of the Zeppelin Observatory, Ny-Ålesund

SM Platt, Ø Hov, T Berg, K Breivik… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
The Zeppelin Observatory (78.90° N, 11.88° E) is located on the Zeppelin Mountain at 472 m
above sea level on Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Established …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling historical budget for β-Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) in the Arctic Ocean: A contrast to α-HCH

PF Yang, RW Macdonald, H Hung, DCG Muir… - Environmental Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The historical annual loading to, removal from, and cumulative burden in the Arctic Ocean
for β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH), an isomer comprising 5–12% of technical HCH, is …

Synergy of adsorption-photocatalysis and enriched surface oxygen vacancies over lignin-biochar/Bi2MoO6 nanocomposites for organic pollutant removal and …

Q Tian, Q Yang, W Guo, X Li, G Fang, Y Ge… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
LC/Bi 2 MoO 6 composites were successfully fabricated and applied to the effective
degradation of methylene blue (MB) under visible light illumination. The composition …