• Assessing Heavy Metal Pollution of the Largest Nature Reserve in Tianjin City, China 

      Zhou, Bin; Xing, Meinan; Liao, Haiqing; Li, Hui; Vogt, Rolf David; Xu, Weijie; Jia, Liyun; Tian, Jie; Meng, Jianli; Jing, Jiangang; Liu, Dan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Beidagang Wetland (BW) Nature Reserve is centrally situated in Tianjin City, experiencing an extreme industrial development. This study uses index characteristic analysis systems for assessing the individual and combined ...
    • Mercury–Organic Matter Interactions in Soils and Sediments: Angel or Devil? 

      He, Mei; Tian, Lei; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Wu, Qingru; Luo, Jie; Cai, Li-Mei; Meng, Jiang-Hui; Lin, Yan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Many studies have suggested that organic matter (OM) substantially reduces the bioavailability and risks of mercury (Hg) in soils and sediments; however, recent reports have supported that OM greatly accelerates Hg methylation ...
    • Microplastics in beach sediments and cockles (Anadara antiquata) along the Tanzanian coastline 

      Mayoma, Bahati S; Sørensen, Christina; Shashoua, Yvonne; Khan, Farhan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Little is known about the prevalence of microplastics (MPs) in East Africa. In the present study, sediments were sampled at 18 sites along the Tanzanian coast that exhibit different levels of anthropogenic activity and ...
    • 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 ...