Revolatilization of persistent organic pollutants in the Arctic induced by climate change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Ma, Jianmin ^a   Hung, Hayley ^a   Tian, Chongguo ^b   Kallenborn, Roland ^c,d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; SIMULATION; VOLATILIZATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84876990030     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1167     Document Type: Article

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