• Heidrun Åre – Weathering properties and behaviour at sea 

      Sørheim, Kristin Rist; Pettersen, Thor-Arne; Bakken, Oddveig Merethe; Igartua, Amaia (SINTEF Ocean rapporter;OC2024 A-043, Research report, 2024-04-26)
      A standardized small-scale weathering and dispersibility study has been conducted on Heidrun Åre crude oil from 2023 at 13 °C. The dispersibility testing was included to estimate the viscosity limits and time window for ...
    • Non-target and suspect screening reveal complex pattern of contamination in Arctic marine zooplankton 

      Sørensen, Lisbet; Schaufelberger, Sonja; Igartua, Amaia; Størseth, Trond Røvik; Øverjordet, Ida Beathe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Although increasing, there is still limited knowledge of the presence of ‘contaminants of emerging concern’ in Arctic marine biota, particularly in lower trophic species. In the present study, we have applied a novel ...
    • Organic chemicals associated with rubber are more toxic to marine algae and bacteria than those of thermoplastics 

      Sørensen, Lisbet; Gomes, Tania; Igartua, Amaia; Lyngstad, Inger Larsen; Almeida, Ana Catarina; Wagner, Martin; Booth, Andy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The current study investigated the chemical complexity of fifty plastic (36) and elastomer/rubber (14) methanol extracts from consumer products, focusing on the association with toxicity in two screening assays (bacteria ...