Publications

First report of chlorinated and brominated hydrocarbon pollutants in marine bird eggs from an oceanic Indian Ocean island.

Bouwman, H.; Kylin, H.; Yive, N.S.C.K.; Tatayah, V.; Løken, K.; Skaare, J.U.; Polder, A.

First investigation of a broad cocktail of environmental pollutants in eggs of three seabird species from remote areas within the Norwegian marine environment. NILU F

Huber, S.; Warner, N.A.; Nygård, T.; Remberger, M.; Harju, M.; Uggerud, H.T.; Kaj,L.; Schlabach, M.; Hanssen, L.

First estimates of fumarolic SO2 emission rates from Putana volcano, Chile, using an ultraviolet imaging Camera.

Stebel, K.; Amigo, A.; Thomas, H.; Prata, A.J.

First assessment of pollutant exposure in two balaenopterid whale populations sampled in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Tartu, Sabrina; Fisk, Aaron T.; Götsch, Arntraut; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lydersen, Christian; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli

Pollutant concentrations are poorly known for the largest animals on Earth, blue whales Balaenoptera musculus and fin whales Balaenoptera physalus. In this study, concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were determined in blubber biopsies and stable isotope values for nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C) were measured using skin biopsies for 18 blue whales and 12 fin whales sampled in waters surrounding the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. The samples were collected in summer during the period 2014–2018. POPs were dominated by DDTs, PCBs and toxaphenes, with median concentrations in blue/fin whales being 208/341, 127/275 and 133/233 ng/g lipid weight, respectively. Linear models indicated that pollutant concentrations were 1.6–3 times higher in fin whales than in blue whales, which is likely related to the higher trophic positions of fin whales, as indicated by their higher δ15N. Lower δ13C in fin whales suggests that they feed at higher latitudes than blue whales; these values were not correlated with pollutant concentrations. Pollutant levels were approximately twice as high in males compared to females (intraspecifically), which indicates that females of these species offload pollutants to their offspring during gestation and lactation, similar to many other mammalian species. Pollutant concentrations in balaenopterid whales from Svalbard waters were generally much lower than in conspecific whales from the Mediterranean Sea or the Gulf of California, but higher than those in conspecifics from the Antarctic Peninsula.

Elsevier

Fire in the air - biomass burning impacts in a changing climate.

Keywood, M.; Kanakidou, M.; Stohl, A.; Dentener, F.; Grassi, G.; Meyer, C. P.; Tørseth, K.; Edwards, D.; Thompson, A.M.; Lohmann, U.; Burrows, J.

Finnmark – et mekka for allergikere

Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo (interview subject); Mølster, Elisabeth Strand (journalist)

Finnfjord AS. Oppdaterte spredningsberegninger av utslipp til luft.

Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo; Markelj, Miha; Weydahl, Torleif; Svendby, Tove Marit; Grythe, Henrik; Tønnesen, Dag

NILU har vurdert spredning av utslipp til luft fra Finnfjord AS sitt smelteverk ved Finnsnes. Bakgrunnen er oppdaterte krav fra Miljødirektoratet. Fokus i studien er på NOx, SO2 og støv/partikler. Det er utført lokale spredningsberegninger ved hjelp av modellen CONDEP. Regionale beregninger av konsentrasjoner og avsetning er utført med WRF-EMEP modellsystemet. En stor andel av forurensningen slippes ut fra tak. Dette kan gi turbulens og bygningsnedtrekk som igjen gir høye konsentrasjoner rett ved smelteverket og i umiddelbar nærhet. CONDEP-beregningene viser at for NO2 og støv/PM er norske grenseverdier overholdt. For SO2 kan overskridelse av grenseverdier oppstå opptil 500-600 m fra smelteverket. WRF-EMEP-beregningene viser liten påvirkning på regional skala. Av utslippene fra Finnfjord AS avsettes 16 % av nitrogen, 15 % av svovel og 12 % av PM innenfor det innerste gridet (105 x 105 km2). Det gis også anbefaling om målinger av SO2 og meteorologi for å tallfeste påvirkningen fra Finnfjord AS på omgivelsene.

NILU

Fine scAle eConomic daTa - FACT - Project Introduction

Boero, Riccardo

Fine ash enrichment of fall deposits from explosive eruptions by co-PF ash: nature, significance and implications.

Ayris, P.M.; Delmelle, P.; Durant, A.J.; Damby, D.E.; Maters, E.C.

Findings from Biomass Burning Field Campaigns Set Directions for 2 Future Research on Atmospheric Impacts

Barsanti, Kelley C.; Brown, Steven S.; Fischer, Emily V.; Kaiser, Johannes; Stockwell, Chelsea E.; Thompson, Chelsea; Warneke, Carsten; Yokelson, Robert

Final results from an AQ screening study in Dhaka, February 2011. NILU F

Randall, S.; Sivertsen, B.

Final report. Experimental Study Investigating Risks of selected Amines (ExSIRA). Task 4: Atmospheric corrosion due to amines. NILU OR

Grøntoft, T.; Ofstad, T.

The effect of selected amines on the corrosion of carbon steel and copper was investigated in the laboratory and in the field. The steel and copper samples were exposed to loads of the amines in the laboratory, representing possible 10 years maximum real exposure due to emission from a CO2 capturing plant, and to higher doses in the laboratory and in the field. No effect on the corrosion rate for steel was detected for the application of a possible 10 years real maximum dose of the amines in the laboratory as compared to blanks. Application of 700 times higher doses of amines in the laboratory was observed to give anodic protection, and thus reduced corrosion, of steel samples, but to dissolve the surface of a copper sample. The anodic protection was due to the formation of an amine surface film that protected the sample form oxidation. The dissolution of copper was probably due to formation of a copper-amine complex at high pH. A slight increase in corrosion was observed for samples that were exposed to the equivalent of possible 65 years maximum real exposure of amines in the field. This may be explained by freezing point depression and increased time of wetness of the sample surfaces due to accumulation of the amine solute on the sample surfaces in the season with frost.