Carolyn Hamman, University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student and co-author of the study, with a saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis) caught during field work with fish traps in Prudhoe Bay. Photo: Kyle Gatt Something that should go without saying is now considered very...
The sign of the East Greenlandic municipality of Ittoqqotoormiit not only welcomes visitors. Unwanted guests like PFAS are now also finding their way into town and residents, literally speaking. (Photo: Michael Wenger) The polyfluoroalkly substances (PFAS) known from...
Bowhead whales are among the animals in the study that were found to be contaminated with persistent organic compounds. Photo: Heiner Kubny Unlike pollution with plastics or exhaust gases, there is less public awareness of the contamination of the environment with...