Nanochemistry:
- Functionalization of nanotubes
- Organiic synthesis
- Polyelectrolytes
- TEM imaging
Environmental chemistry:
- Analysis of pollutants
- Purification methods
- Soil and water samples
Research Areas
- Toxicology
- Energy Sciences
- Pollution dynamics
- Water pollution circulation
- Life cycle of pollutants
- Heavy Metals
- Molecular interactions
- Environmental remediation
- Waste management
- Exotic Materials
Estuarine and marine pollution
Collaborating institute:
Prof. J.H. Stenersen. Biochemical Institute, University of Oslo, Blindern, Norway.Project duration: 2009 - 2010
Keywords: Pollution, marine toxicology, green policies.
Project leader: Manzetti S.
Project description:
Fjord Tourism and sea traffic is in increasing demand from the travel agencies and tourists. Meanwhile, the demands to prohibit idling of cruise ships at dock are non-existing. Several harbors along the Norwegian coast receive hundreds of cruiseships which carry an average of 2,500 people each and can remain in the dock for up to 12 hours a day on idle. The amount of smog and particles from cruiseship at dock is overwhelming and highly toxic. A series of projects for municipalities and conties need to be established to ensure a safer environmental protection in the fjord landscape and to implement solutions such as electric connection to ships at dock.Several towns and cities along the shore of Norwegian cost exert poor and weakly regulated policies for dumping of sewage. For further information, see the State of Environment at www.miljostatus.no. The effects of such procedures can only be measured in long-term monitoring studies carried out thoroughly and by routine. Fish stocks in the fjords have dropped significantly compared to only 10-15 years ago, and both sewage as other anthropogenic factors may play a role. These are key points for projects for the monitoring of the fjord ecosystems.
Fjord hydrodynamics compared to an active circulation of ocean currents are some of the keys to study pollution from ships, industrial-sources and other human sources that may threaten the environment. The fjords are among the most vulnerable ecosystems because they are long, narrow, deep, and often shallow at the opening of the sea, creating a "bathtub formation", where heavy metals, toxins and pollutants can remain in the fjords for decades. Studies that verify these aspects need to be planned and organized.
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