Publications

Persistent organic pollutants in the environment. EMEP Status Report, 3/2012

Shatalov, V.; Gusev, A.; Dutchak, S.; Rozovskaya, O.; Sokovykh, V.; Vulykh, N.; Aas, W.; Breivik, K.

Persistent organic pollutants: assessment of transboundary pollution on global, regional, and national scales

Gusev, Alexey; Rozovskaya, Olga; Shatalov, Victor; Vulykh, Nadejda; Aas, Wenche; Breivik, Knut; Couvidat, Florian; Vivanco, M. G.

Meteorological Synthesizing Centre - East (MSC-E)

Persistent organic substances in soils from the Vaal Triangle Area. Abstract. NILU F

Nieuwoudt, C.; Bouwman, H.; Quinn, L.; Kylin, H.; Pieters, R.

Persistent organohalogen contaminant burdens in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) from the Antarctic sector: a baseline study.

Nash, S.M.B.; Poulsen, A.H.; Kawaguchi, S.; Vetter, W.; Schlabach, M.

Person-specific predictions of PCBs in Norwegian women: Valuable supplements to measurements for understanding of lifetime exposures.

Nøst, T.H.; Breivik, K.; Wania, F.; Rylander, C.; Odland, J.; Sandanger, T.M.

Personal and public perception of air quality in eight European cities: the CITI-SENSE Citizens' Observatory Toolbox.

Cole-Hunter, T.; Santiago, L.; Arpaci, A.; Broday, D.; Castell, N.; Galea, K.; Jovasevic-Stojanovic, M.; Martinez, T.; Robinson, J.; Svecova, V.; Keune, H.; Hurley, F.; Liu, H.-Y.; Berre, A.; Nieuwenhuijsen, M.; Bartonova, A.

Personal exposure to PM 2.5 and benzo[a]pyrene in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Svecova, V.; Solansky, I.; Cole-Hunter, T.; the CITI-SENSE Consortium, Sram, R.J.; Bartonova, A.

Personalized Asthma Recommendation System: Leveraging Predictive Analysis and Semantic Ontology-Based Knowledge Graph.

Chatterjee, Ayan

Perspectives and examples from Norwegian Arctic research focusing on atmospheric science, oceanography, and the carbon cycle. NILU F

Myhre, C.L.

Pervasive Arctic lead pollution suggests substantial growth in medieval silver production modulated by plague, climate, and conflict

McConnell, Joseph R.; Chellman, Nathan J.; Wilson, Andrew I.; Stohl, Andreas; Arienzo, Monica M.; Eckhardt, Sabine; Fritzsche, Diedrich; Kipfstuhl, Sepp; Opel, Thomas; Place, Philip F.; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder

Pesticides in groundwater - two examples from Africa.

Kylin, H.; Meinhardt, R.; Kishimba, M.; Bouwman, H.

Peut-on exploiter la puissance de l'océan pour capturer le carbone ?

Muri, Helene (interview subject)

Les océans doivent jouer un rôle pour aider l'humanité à éliminer le dioxyde de carbone de l'atmosphère afin de freiner le réchauffement climatique dangereux. Mais sommes-nous prêts à intensifier les technologies qui accompliront cette tâche ? La réponse, selon un groupe d'experts rapportant à l'Union européenne, est non.

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; Jouanneau, William; Moe, Børge; Parenteau, Charline; Helfenstein, Fabrice; Chastel, Olivier

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 explored PFAS’s physiological effects on birds, their impact on reproductive functions, particularly sperm quality, remains underexplored. This study aims to assess (1) potential association between PFAS concentrations in blood and sperm quality in black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), focusing on the percentage of abnormal spermatozoa, sperm velocity, percentage of sperm motility, and morphology; and (2) examine the association of plasma levels of testosterone, corticosterone, and luteinizing hormone with both PFAS concentrations and sperm quality parameters to assess possible endocrine disrupting pathways. Our findings reveal a positive correlation between the concentration of longer-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (PFCA; C11–C14) in blood and the percentage of abnormal sperm in kittiwakes. Additionally, we observed that two other PFAS (i.e., PFOSlin and PFNA), distinct from those associated with sperm abnormalities, were positively correlated with the stress hormone corticosterone. These findings emphasize the potentially harmful substance-specific effects of long-chain PFCAs on seabirds and the need for further research into the impact of pollutants on sperm quality as a potential additional detrimental effect on birds.