• Assessment of seasonal variability of input of microplastics from the Northern Dvina River to the Arctic Ocean 

      Zhdanov, Igor; Lokhov, Alexey; Belesov, Artem; Kozhevnikov, Alexander; Pakhomova, Svetlana; Berezina, Anfisa; Frolova, Natalia; Kotova, Ekaterina; Leshchev, Andrey; Wang, Xinhong; Zavialov, Peter; Yakushev, Evgeniy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Northern Dvina River is one of the largest rivers in the European Arctic flowing into the White Sea through the populated regions with developed industry. Floating plastics include microplastics (0.5–5 mm) and mesoplastics ...
    • Mercury in the Barents region – River fluxes, sources, and environmental concentrations 

      Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Yakushev, Evgeniy; Terentjev, Petr; Kashulin, Nikolai; Korobov, Vladimir; Frolova, Natalia; Romanov, Alexander; Jermilova, Una; Lokhov, Alexey; Miskevich, Igor; Kotova, Ekaterina; Steindal, Eirik Hovland; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Arctic rivers are receiving increased attention for their contributing of mercury (Hg) to the Arctic Ocean. Despite this, the knowledge on both the terrestrial release sources and the levels of Hg in the rivers are limited. ...
    • Mercury Risk Evaluation, Risk Management and Risk Reduction Measures in the Arctic (ARCRISK) – Inception Report 

      Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Steindal, Eirik Hovland; Moe, S. Jannicke; Yakushev, Evgeniy; Christensen, Guttorm; Kirk, Jane; Hintelmann, Holger; Frolova, Natalia; Terentjev, Petr; Roberts, Sarah (NIVA-rapport;7489, Research report, 2020)
      The project “Risk evaluation, risk reduction and risk management action plans for mercury in the Arctic – a circumpolar management approach” (ARCRISK) has been developed to address mercury pollution in the Arctic. The main ...