Publications

Life starts with plastic: High occurrence of plastic pieces in fledglings of northern fulmars

Collard, France; Benjaminsen, Stine Charlotte; Herzke, Dorte; Husabø, Eirin; Sagerup, Kjetil; Tulatz, Felix; Gabrielsen, Geir W.

Plastic pollution threatens many organisms around the world. In particular, the northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, is known to ingest high quantities of plastics. Since data are sparse in the Eurasian Arctic, we investigated plastic burdens in the stomachs of fulmar fledglings from Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Fifteen birds were collected and only particles larger than 1 mm were extracted, characterised and analysed with Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy. All birds ingested plastic. In total, 683 plastic particles were found, with an average of 46 ± 40 SD items per bird. The most common shape, colour and polymer were hard fragment, white, and polyethylene, respectively. Microplastics ( 5 mm). This study confirms high numbers of ingested plastics in fulmar fledglings from Svalbard and suggests that fulmar fledglings may be suitable for temporal monitoring of plastic pollution, avoiding potential biases caused by age composition or breeding state.

Plastic contamination in fulmars in the European Arctic over 25 years

Collard, France; Tulatz, Felix; Benjaminsen, Stine Charlotte; Krapp, Rupert; Strøm, Hallvard; Gabrielsen, Geir; Herzke, Dorte; Harju, Mikael; Halsband, Claudia; Sagerup, Kjetil; Tarroux, Arnaud; Danielsen, Jóhannis; Anderssen, Kate

European cities air quality ranking: a new methodology

Soares, Joana; Ortiz, Alberto González; Horálek, Jan; Schneider, Philipp; Schreiberova, Marketa

The EEA has introduced the European City Air Quality Viewer, a tool to assess and compare air quality in European cities. However, this method provides an incomplete picture of air quality as it relies solely on PM2.5 data from monitoring stations, excluding cities lacking monitoring stations and other relevant pollutants such as NO2 and O3. A promising alternative to the current methodology is proposed to reduce these limitations, offering a comprehensive approach to assessing and comparing health risks linked to exposure to multiple pollutants in urban settings. Leveraging continuous air quality maps and population-weighted concentrations enhances coverage and consistency in risk estimation across cities. Additionally, it allows for ranking based on multiple pollutants, unlike the current method, which focuses solely on PM2.5 levels. This approach integrates mortality risk assessments associated with PM2.5, NO2, and O3 exposure, aligning with the Environmental Burden of Disease assessments published by the ETC HE, together with the EEA.

European Topic Centre on Human Health and the Environment (ETC HE)

Testing SSbD Tools for Chemical Substitution: A Walk in the PARC

Halling, Maja; Agalliadou, Anna; Battistelli, Chiara L.; Benfenati, Emilio; Milovanovic, Milena; Bossa, Cecilia; Bouman, Evert Alwin; Bourgé, Émilien; Chavan, Swapnil; Hill, Annabel; Iacovidou, Eleni; Iavicol, Ivo; Kanerva, Tomi; Karakitsios, Spyros; Karakoltzidis, Achilleas; Kärnman, Therese; Leso, Veruscka; Linden, Jenny; Lofstedt, M.; Mikolajczyk, Alicja; Nikiforou, F.; Norinder, Ulf; Nowack, Bernd; Resch, Susanne; Jiménez, Araceli Sánchez; Sarigiannis, Denis; Selvestrel, Gianluca; Sharma, Anežka; Siivola, Kirsi; Subramanian, Vrishali; Leggieri, Rosella Telaretti; Bodegraven, Martin van; Dijk, Joanke van; Westra, Jaco; Zheng, Ziye; Zoutendijk, Bas; Rydberg, Tomas

Field investigation of perceived IEQ : study case in Norwegian secondary school with DCV

Alam, Azimil Gani; Cao, Guangyu; Mathisen, Hans Martin; Rosti, Behnam; Bartonova, Alena; Fredriksen, Mirjam; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad; Gustavsen, Kai; Hart, Kent; Fredriksen, Tore; Canet, Alfred Mansanet; Almén, John Charles

National monitoring of aerosols in Norway

Platt, Stephen Matthew; Aas, Wenche; Lunder, Chris Rene

Source apportionment of equivalent black carbon in the Eye-Clima project

Platt, Stephen Matthew; Eckhardt, Sabine

The Role of DNA repair in aging and neurodegeneration

SenGupta, Tanima; Nilsen, Hilde Loge; Rundén-Pran, Elise

Transboundary particulate matter, photo-oxidants, acidifying and eutrophying components

Fagerli, Hilde; Benedictow, Anna Maria Katarina; Blake, Lewis R.; Caspel, Willem Elias van; Denby, Bruce; Gauss, Michael; Jonson, Jan Eiof; Klein, Heiko; Lange, Gunnar Felix; Mousing, Erik Askov; Nyiri, Agnes; Oliviè, Dirk Jan Leo; Segers, Arjo; Simpson, David; Tsyro, Svetlana; Bustamante, Alvaro Moises Valdebenito; Wind, Peter Ariaan; Aas, Wenche; Fiebig, Markus; Hjellbrekke, Anne-Gunn; Solberg, Sverre; Tørseth, Kjetil; Yttri, Karl Espen; Redeyoff, Oscar; Matthews, Bradley; Schindlbacher, Sabine; Ullrich, Bernhard; Wankmüller, Robert; Scheuschner, Thomas; Kuenen, Jeroen J.P.; Guevara, Marc; Jaffrezo, Jean-Luc; Dominutti, Pamela; Uzu, Gaelle; Conil, Sébastien; Favez, Olivier; Močnik, Griša

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Development of PFAS-free coatings in a safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) approach- the PROPLANET project

Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Varsou, Dimitra Danai; McFadden, Erin; Honza, Tatiana; SenGupta, Tanima; Murugadoss, Sivakumar; Brochmann, Solveig; Afantitis, Antreas; Dusinska, Maria; Rundén-Pran, Elise

Recent European F-gas Emissions from Multiple Inverse Modelling Systems

Longueville, Helene De; Melo, Daniela Brito; Ramsden, Alice; Redington, Alison; Danjou, Alexandre; Andrews, Peter; Pitt, Joseph R.; Murphy, Brendan; Saboya, Eric; Stanley, Kieran M.; O'Doherty, Simon; Wenger, Angelina; Young, Dickon; Engel, Andreas; Vollmer, Martin K.; Reimann, Stefan; Maione, Michela; Arduini, Jgor; Lunder, Chris Rene; Wagenhaeuser, Thomas; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Frumau, Arnoud; Haszpra, László; Molnar, Mihaly; Tunnicliffe, Rachel; Western, Luke M.; Rigby, Matthew; Henne, Stephan; Manning, Alistair J.; Ganesan, Anita L.

Microplastics in the Arctic and Mainland Norway; Occurence, Composition and Sources

Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Herzke, Dorte; Schmidt, Natascha; Schulze, Dorothea; Eckhardt, Sabine

OS01-12 A computational toolbox supporting the development of Safe and Sustainable by Design chemicals and materials

Sarigiannis, D.; Nikiforou, F.; Karakoltzidis, Achilleas; Agalliadou, Anna; Rydberg, Tomas; Halling, Maja; Battistelli, Chiara L.; Benfenati, Emilio; Bossa, C.; Bouman, Evert Alwin; Bourgé, Émilien; Brouwer-Milovanovic, Milena; Hill, A.; Iacovidou, E.; Kanerva, T.; Kärnman, Therese; Leso, V.; Linden, J; Lofstedt, M.; Karakitsios, Spyros