Publications

Small-scale spatial variability of flame retardants in indoor dust and implications for dust sampling

Jilkova, Simona; Melymuk, Lisa; Vojta, Šimon; Vykoukalová, Martina; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Klánova, Jana

Elsevier

Small, smart and safe (3S) nanoparticles: How to address their risk assessment with in vitro (3R) approaches.

Dusinska, M.; Gabelova, A.; El Yamani, N.; Elje, E.; Rundén-Pran, E.

Smelteverket i Nikel stenges ned i år

Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo (interview subject); Randa, Rolf (journalist)

Sminkegift sprer seg fra kloakken til fisken i Storvannet.

Solbakken, C. F.

Smoke continues to blanket NYC, soon into Norway

Tørseth, Kjetil (interview subject)

Smoke from Canada’s wildfires has reached as far as Norway

Evangeliou, Nikolaos (interview subject); Paddison, Laura (journalist)

SMOS Prodex. NILU F

Griesfeller, A.; Lahoz, W.A.; Svendby, T.

Snapshots from atmospheric observations - the carbonaceous aerosol. NILU F

Yttri, K.E.

Snow assimilation for operational seasonal forecasting and for re-analyses

Orsolini, Yvan

Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivealis) as bio-indicators for exposure differences to legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants from the Arctic terrestrial environment on Svalbard

Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Sagerup, Kjetil; Kristoffersen, Siv; Herzke, Dorte; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro

Eggs of snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivealis) were applied as a bio-indicator to examine differences in exposure to legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and perflouroalkyl subtances (PFAS) from the terrestrial environment surrounding the settlements of Longyearbyen, Barentsburg and Pyramiden on Svalbard, Norway. Significantly higher concentrations of summed polychlorinated biphenyls (sumPCB7) in eggs collected from Barentsburg (2980 ng/g lipid weight (lw)) and Pyramiden (3860 ng/g lw) compared to Longyearbyen (96 ng/g lw) are attributed to local sources of PCBs within these settlements. Similar findings were observed for p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p′-DDE) where higher median concentrations observed in Pyramiden (173 ng/g lw) and Barentsburg (75 ng/g lw) compared to Longyearbyen (48 ng/g lw) may be influenced by guano inputs from breeding seabird populations, although other point sources cannot be ruled out. Concentrations of perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and several perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) in snow bunting eggs were found to be statistically higher in the populated settlements of Longyearbyen and Barentsburg compared to the abandoned Pyramiden. Narrow foraging ranges of snow buntings during breeding season was useful in assessing point sources of exposure for PCBs and PFAS at particular sites with extreme differences observed between nest locations. SumPCB7 concentrations ranged from 2 μg/g ww to below detection limits between nest sites located less than a kilometer from each other in Pyramiden. Similar findings were observed in Longyearbyen, where several PFCAs ranged from 2 to 55 times higher between nest sites with similar spatial distances. These findings indicate that snow buntings can be a useful bio-indicator offering high spatial resolution for contaminant source apportionment in terrestrial environments on Svalbard.

Elsevier

Snow depth and snow-cover over the Tibetan Plateau: evalutation of global reanalyses using in-situ observations and satellite remote sensing products and impact on the Indian summer monsoon

Orsolini, Yvan

Snøen går, svevestøvet kommer.

Solbakken, C.F.

SO2 Kårstø. Environmental consequences from increased emissions. NILU OR

Berglen, T.F.; Høgåsen, T.; Liu, L.; Tønnesen, D.; Wathne, B.M.

Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) has performed dispersion calculations of emissions to air.