Full-scale bioremediation of diesel-polluted soil in an Arctic landfarm

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Johnsen, Anders R, Boe, Uffe S, Henriksen, Peter, Malmquist, Linus M.V., Christensen, Jan H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Mestersvig; Tundra
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/fullscale-bioremediation-of-dieselpolluted-soil-in-an-arctic-landfarm(f297d957-35c4-4f12-95c1-dbddf68da693).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116946; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/260743240/1_s2.0_S0269749121005285_main.pdf

A full-scale, experimental landfarm was tested for the capacity to biodegrade oil-polluted soil under high-Arctic tundra conditions in northeast Greenland at the military outpost 9117 Station Mestersvig. Soil contaminated with Arctic diesel was transferred to the landfarm in August 2012 followed by...