Assessing metal contamination and speciation in sewage sludge: implications for soil application and environmental risk

J Feng, IT Burke, X Chen, DI Stewart - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2023 - Springer
Based on the most recently published data, we definitively estimated that the annual global
production of sewage sludge may rise from~ 53 million tons dry solids currently to~ 160 …

Human pharmaceuticals in the arctic–A review

N Dube, K Smolarz, A Sokołowski, J Świeżak… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals have been deemed as 'contaminants of emerging concern'within the Arctic
and are a potentially perennial form of pollution. With recent innovations in detection …

The fate of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances in a marine food web influenced by land-based sources in the Norwegian Arctic

AM Ali, HA Langberg, SE Hale, R Kallenborn… - … Science: Processes & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Although poly-and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous in the Arctic, their
sources and fate in Arctic marine environments remain unclear. Herein, abiotic media …

[HTML][HTML] Bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals and stimulants in macrobenthic food web in the European Arctic as determined using stable isotope approach

A Sokołowski, M Mordec, M Caban… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although pharmaceuticals are increasingly detected in abiotic matrices in the Arctic, the
accumulation of drugs in the resident biota and trophic transfer have not been yet examined …

Environmental risk of nickel in aquatic Arctic ecosystems

PT Gauthier, TA Blewett, ER Garman… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Arctic faces many environmental challenges, including the continued exploitation of its
mineral resources such as nickel (Ni). The responsible development of Ni mining in the …

Enhanced heavy metal discharges to marine deposits in glacial bays of two Arctic fjords (Hornsund and Kongsfjorden)

P Rudnicka-Kępa, M Bełdowska, A Zaborska - Journal of Marine Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is transforming Arctic ecosystems in ways that are influencing the transport
and accumulation of contaminants. The spatial and temporal variability of heavy metal …

[HTML][HTML] Tools for measuring energy sustainability: A comparative review

R Ninno Muniz, S Frizzo Stefenon, W Gouvêa Buratto… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper is intended to perform a comparative and qualitative review among eight tools to
measure energy sustainability. Therefore, it was necessary to create a theoretical and …

Sources, fate and distribution of inorganic contaminants in the Svalbard area, representative of a typical Arctic critical environment–a review

P Rudnicka-Kępa, A Zaborska - Environmental monitoring and …, 2021 - Springer
Global environmental changes not only contribute to the modification of global pollution
transport pathways but can also alter contaminant fate within the Arctic. Recent reports …

Ecological risk assessment of metals in the Arctic environment with emphasis on Kongsfjorden Fjord and freshwater lakes of Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

R Rajaram, A Ganeshkumar, PE Charles - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The concentrations of five heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn) in the sediments, water,
phytoplankton, zooplankton, and macroalgae from Kongsfjorden Fjord and the freshwater …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of class 1 integrons and characterization of the associated gene cassettes in the high Arctic–Interplay of humans and glaciers in sha** the …

N Makowska-Zawierucha, J Mokracka, M Małecka… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Arctic is one of the regions most affected by global climate change, and is subjected to
changes linked with a melting cryosphere and increasing anthropopressure. Although …