Atmospheric Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants to and
from the Arctic under Present-Day and Future Climate

J 2015

Atmospheric Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants to and from the Arctic under Present-Day and Future Climate

OCTAVIANI, Mega, Irene STEMMLER, Gerhard LAMMEL and Hans F. GRAF

Basic information

Original name

Atmospheric Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants to and from the Arctic under Present-Day and Future Climate

Authors

OCTAVIANI, Mega (276 Germany), Irene STEMMLER (276 Germany), Gerhard LAMMEL (276 Germany, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Hans F. GRAF (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Edition

Environmental Science and Technology, WASHINGTON, DC (USA), American Chemical Society, 2015, 0013-936X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.393

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00086635

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000351324400039

Keywords in English

persistent organic pollutants; climate change; emerging pollutants; Arctic; climate; atmosphere; ecotoxicology

Abstract

V originále

The long-term atmospheric cycling and fate of persistent organic pollutants under the influence of a changing climate is a concern. A GCMs realization of present-day (19701999) and future (20702099) climate, the latter under a medium scenario of greenhouse gas emissions, is used to study meridional transports and their correlations with the Arctic and North Atlantic Oscillations (AO and NAO). Regions of import and export maxima into the Arctic are identified along the Arctic Circle. It is found that, under future climate conditions, the net export of PCB153 out of the Arctic will increase. The meridional net flux pattern of this substance is expected to become independent of AO and NAO. For DDT, a trend of decreasing net Arctic import will reverse to an increasing trend 100 years after peak emission, which is partly due to more frequent AO and NAO positive phases. It is concluded that the long-term accumulation trends in the Arctic of other persistent pollutants, including so-called emerging pollutants, are subject to the substances specific behavior and fate in the environment and need to be studied specifically.

Links

7E09067, research and development project

Name: Arctic Health Risks: Impacts on health in the Arctic and Europe owing to climate-induced changes in contaminant cycling

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Arctic Health Risks: Impacts on health in the Arctic and Europe owing to climate-induced changes in contaminant cycling

Citovat

OCTAVIANI, Mega, Irene STEMMLER, Gerhard LAMMEL and Hans F. GRAF. Atmospheric Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants to and from the Arctic under Present-Day and Future Climate. Environmental Science and Technology. WASHINGTON, DC (USA): American Chemical Society, 2015, vol. 49, No 6, p. 3593-3602. ISSN 0013-936X.

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OCTAVIANI, Mega, Irene STEMMLER, Gerhard LAMMEL and Hans F. GRAF. Atmospheric Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants to and from the Arctic under Present-Day and Future Climate. \textit{Environmental Science and Technology}. WASHINGTON, DC (USA): American Chemical Society, 2015, vol.~49, No~6, p.~3593-3602. ISSN~0013-936X.

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