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Chlorinated hydrocarbons in lichen and moss samples from the Antarctic Peninsula
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In this article, the concentrations of some chlorinated hydrocarbon residues (HCB, HCH isomers, p,p'DDT and DDE, PCB congeners) in lichen and moss samples from the Antarctic Peninsula are reported and compared with available data from other parts of the world.About:
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The atmospheric input of trace species to the world ocean
Robert A. Duce,Peter S. Liss,John T. Merrill,Elliot Atlas,Patrick Buat-Ménard,B. B. Hicks,John M. Miller,Joseph M. Prospero,Richard Arimoto,Thomas M. Church,W. G. Ellis,James N. Galloway,LeRoy Hansen,Tim Jickells,Anthony H. Knap,K. H. Reinhardt,B. Schneider,A. Soudine,J. J. Tokos,S. Tsunogai,R. Wollast,M. Y. Zhou +21 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess current data in this area, develop global scale estimates of the atmospheric fluxes of trace elements, mineral aerosol, nitrogen species, and synthetic organic compounds to the ocean; and compare the atmospheric input rates of these substances to their input via rivers.
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Antarctic climate change and the environment
Peter Convey,Robert Bindschadler,G. di Prisco,Eberhard Fahrbach,Julian Gutt,Dominic A. Hodgson,Paul Andrew Mayewski,Colin Summerhayes,John Turner +8 more
TL;DR: The Southern Hemisphere climate system varies on timescales from orbital, through millennial to sub-annual, and is closely coupled to other parts of the global climate system as discussed by the authors.
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Hexachlorobenzene in the global environment : Emissions, levels, distribution, trends and processes
TL;DR: Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is considered here as a 'model persistent organic pollutant' and the balance between primary and secondary sources in maintaining ambient levels, and its ultimate sinks in the environment.
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Environmental contamination in Antarctic ecosystems.
TL;DR: At present, levels of most contaminants in Antarctic organisms are lower than those in related species from other remote regions, except for the natural accumulation of Cd and Hg in several marine organisms and especially in albatrosses and petrels.
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Uptake of organic chemicals by plants: A review of processes, correlations and models
TL;DR: A review of the mechanisms of uptake of organic chemical contaminants by plants from soil and the atmosphere is presented in this paper, from which it is concluded that the key chemical parameters are likely to be octanol water and octanol-air partition coefficients.
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Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) by glass capillary gas chromatography
Karlheinz Ballschmiter,M Zell +1 more
TL;DR: The composition of seven technical PCB-mixtures (Aroclor [Monsanto, USA] und Clophen A [Bayer, FRG]) has been investigated by high-resolution thin-film glass capillary gas chromatography with electron-capture detector.
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Global Transport of Organic Pollutants: Ambient Concentrations in the Remote Marine Atmosphere
Elliot Atlas,C. S. Giam +1 more
TL;DR: These data from a site removed from industrial and human activity indicate the present concentrations of synthetic organic pollutants in the atmosphere and establish the long-range atmospheric transport of organic pollutants to remote marine areas.
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Chlorinated hydrocarbons in the Sargasso sea atmosphere and surface water.
T. F. Bidleman,Charles E. Olney +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), DDT, and chlordane concentrations were measured in air sampled from a tower on the south shore of Bermuda and in Sargasso Sea surface water approximately 80 to 320 kilometers south of Bermuda.
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Transfer of chlorinated biphenyls to Antarctica
TL;DR: Equivalent levels and ratios of these pollutants in species resident north and south of the Convergence indicate atmospheric, rather than oceanic, transport to Antarctica.