Occurrence and diffusive air-seawater exchanges of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Fildes Bay, King George Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Luarte, Thais, Hirmas-Olivares, Andrea, Höfer, Juan, Giesecke, Ricardo, Mestre, Mireia, Guajardo-Leiva, Sergio, Castro-Nallar, Eduardo, Pérez-Parada, Andrés, Chiang, Gustavo, Lohmann, Rainer, Dachs, Jordi, Nash, Susan Bengtson, Pulgar, José, Pozo, Karla, Přibylová, Petra P., Martiník, Jakub, Galbán-Malagón, Cristóbal
• Other Authors: European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2024
• Subjects: Snow amplification; Antarctica; Biodegradation; Human impacts; Legacy; POPs; http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13; http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15; Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; Protect; restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems; sustainably manage forests; combat desertification; and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss; Antarctic; Fildes; Inach; King George Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/340528; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168323; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85178494545

We report the levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in seawater and air, and the air-sea dynamics through diffusive exchange analysis in Fildes Bay, King George Island, Antarctica, between November 2019 and January 30, 2020. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was the m...