Blar i NIVA Open Access Archive på forfatter "Lin, Yan"
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Methylmercury and inorganic mercury in Chinese commercial rice: Implications for overestimated human exposure and health risk
Xu, Xiaohang; Han, Jialiang; Pang, Jian; Wang, Xun; Lin, Yan; Wang, Yajie; Qiu, Guangle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)China is the largest rice producer and consumer in the world, and mercury (Hg) levels, particularly methylmercury (MeHg), in rice and health exposure risks are public concerns. Total Hg (THg) and MeHg levels in 767 (domestic ... -
Modelling environmental impacts of Cesium-137 under a hypothetical release of radioactive waste
Lin, Yan; Couture, Raoul-Marie; Klein, Heiko; Ytre-Eide, Martin; Dyve, Jan Erik; Lind, Ole Christian; Bartnicki, Jerzy; Nizzetto, Luca; Butterfield, Daniel; Larssen, Thorjørn; Salbu, Brit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Waste tanks at the nuclear facility located at Sellafield, UK, represent a nuclear source which could release radionuclides to the atmosphere. A model chain which combines atmospheric transport, deposition as well as ... -
Perspectives and challenges of applying the water-food-energy nexus approach to lake eutrophication modelling
Tong, Yindong; Sun, Jingjing; Uddin, Minhaz; Kong, Xiangzhen; Lin, Yan; Wang, Mengzhu; Zhang, Hefeng; Xu, Xiwen; Wu, Zhenyu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The water-food-energy (WFE) nexus is about balancing competing interests to secure the sustainability of services provided by interconnected sectors. Ignoring the interconnections could cause serious consequences. For ... -
Pesticide levels and environmental risk in aquatic environments in China - A review
Grung, Merete; Lin, Yan; Zhang, Hua; Steen, Anne Orderdalen; Huang, Jun; Zhang, Gan; Larssen, Thorjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)China is one of the largest producers and consumers of pesticides in the world today. Along with the widespread use of pesticides and industrialization, there is a growing concern for water quality. The present review aims ... -
Pipes or chimneys? For carbon cycling in small boreal lakes, precipitation matters most
de Wit, Heleen A; Couture, Raoul-Marie; Jackson-Blake, Leah; Futter, Martyn N.; Valinia, Salar; Austnes, Kari; Guerrero, Jose-Luis; Lin, Yan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Are small lakes passive pipes transporting terrigenous organic carbon (dissolved organic carbon [DOC]), or chimneys for CO2 release in the landscape? Using a unique combination of 30‐yr measurements, sediment dating and ... -
Plant-microbial synergism: An effective approach for the remediation of shale-gas fracturing flowback and produced water
He, Mei; Chen, Wen-Jie; Tian, Lei; Shao, Bo; Lin, Yan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Effective and affordable treatment of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water (FPW) is a major challenge for the sustainability of unconventional shale-gas exploration and development. We investigated the effectiveness ... -
Simulating water quality and ecological status of Lake Vansjø, Norway, under land-use and climate change by linking process-oriented models with a Bayesian network
Couture, Raoul-Marie; Moe, S. Jannicke; Lin, Yan; Kaste, Øyvind; Haande, Sigrid; Solheim, Anne Lyche (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Excess nutrient inputs and climate change are two of multiple stressors affecting many lakes worldwide. Lake Vansjø in southern Norway is one such eutrophic lake impacted by blooms of toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), ... -
The impact of an abandoned mercury mine on the environment in the Xiushan region, Chongqing, southwestern China
Xu, Xiaohang; Lin, Yan; Meng, Bo; Feng, Xinbin; Xu, Zhidong; Jiang, Yuping; Zhong, Weilu; Hu, Yanhai; Qiu, Guangle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Mercury contamination is a serious problem in the Hg mining area of Xiushan County, Chongqing, southwestern China. The concentrations of total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in paddy soil, surface water, and rice ... -
Using a chain of models to predict health and environmental impacts in Norway from a hypothetical nuclear accident at the Sellafield site
Liland, Astrid; Lind, Ole Christian; Bartnicki, Jerzy; Brown, Justin; Dyve, Jan Erik; Iosjpe, Mikhail; Klein, Heiko; Lin, Yan; Simonsen, Magne; Strand, Per; Thørring, Håvard; Ytre-Eide, Martin Album; Salbu, Brit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)When a nuclear accident occurs, decision makers in the affected country/countries would need to act promptly to protect people, the environment and societal interests from harmful impacts of radioactive fallout. The decisions ... -
Weir building: A potential cost-effective method for reducing mercury leaching from abandoned mining tailings
Xu, Xiaohang; Gu, Chunhao; Feng, Xinbin; Qiu, Guangle; Shang, Lihai; Xu, Zhidong; Lu, Qinhui; Xiao, Dean; Wang, Heng; Lin, Yan; Larssen, Thorjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)To mitigate mercury (Hg) pollution and reduce Hg transportation downstream, a weir was designed across a river system impacted by leachate from the slagheap of the Yanwuping Hg mine in Wanshan Hg mining area. A whole ...