Publications

Monitoring of marine litter on beaches in Denmark and Greenland reveals a general decrease in litter amounts since 2015–16, presentation presented at the 23rd Danish Marine Science Conference, Helsingør, Denmark, 20 Jan. 2026 → 22 Jan. 2026.
Link: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/overv%C3%A5gningen-af-marint-affald-p%C3%A5-strande-i-danmark-og-gr%C3%B8nland-a/
Monitoring shoreline litter in Greenland: Results from an ongoing monitoring activity involving a local contact network, poster presented at the 23rd Danish Marine Science Conference, Helsingør, Denmark, 20 Jan. 2026 → 22 Jan. 2026.
Link: pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/monitoring-shoreline-litter-in-greenland-results-from-an-ongoing-/
Wet wipes in untreated wastewater are a source of litter pollution to the Arctic marine environment – a case study on the loads of litter and microplastics in wastewater effluents in Greenland. Bach, L., Strand, J., Salame, H., Simon, M., Fritt-Rasmussen, J. & Jensen, P. E. (2025). Environmental Science: Advances, 4(2), 223–234. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4va00233d
Microplastics deposition in Arctic sediments of Greenland increases significantly after 1950. Parga Martínez, K., Andersen, T. J., da Silva, V., Strand, J. & Posth, N. R. (2024). Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 584. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01768-y
Monitoring litter on Arctic and sub-Arctic shorelines: Current status, and next steps for monitoring programs. Pollet, I. L., Baak, J. E., Feld, L., Grøsvik, B. E., Liboiron, M., Mallory, M. L., Provencher, J. F. & Strand, J. (2023). Arctic Science, 9(4), 807–824. https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2022-0047
Improved separation and quantification method for microplastic analysis in sediment: A fine-grained matrix from Arctic Greenland. Parga Martínez, K. B., da Silva, V. H., Andersen, T. J., Posth, N. R. & Strand, J. (2023). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 196, 115574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114914
Beach litter sources around Nuuk, Greenland: An analysis by UArctic summer school graduate course students. Haarr, M. L., Bach, L., Chambers, C. P., Falk-Andersson, J., Juul-Pedersen, T., Metcalfe, R. D., Sinisalo, A., Strand, J., Svendsen, H., Baak, J. E., Björnsdóttir, H. H., Brenner, E. M. K., Christiansen, S., Delattre, C., Gauthier, M., Georgiou, R. H., Günther, L., Hägg, F., Markussen, U., Parga Martínez, K. B. & others (2023). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 191, 114914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114914
Future monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic – challenges, opportunities and strategies. Provencher, J. F., Aliani, S., Bergmann, M., Bourdages, M. P. T., Buhl-Mortensen, L., Galgani, F., Gomiero, A., Granberg, M., Grøsvik, B. E., Hamilton, B., Kögel, T., Larsen, J. R., Lusher, A. L., Mallory, M. L., Murphy, P., Peeken, I., Primpke, S., Strand, J. & Vorkamp, K. (2023). Arctic Science, 9(1), 209–226. https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2022-0011
Monitoring of microplastic pollution in the Arctic: recent developments in polymer identification, quality assurance and control, and data reporting. Primpke, S., Booth, A. M., Gerdts, G., Gomiero, A., Kögel, T., Lusher, A. L., Strand, J., Scholz-Böttcher, B. M., Galgani, F., Provencher, J. F., Aliani, S., Patankar, S. & Vorkamp, K. (2022). Arctic Science, 9(1), 176–197. https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2022-0006
Beach litter in West Greenland: a source analysis – Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaani sissani eqqakkat: eqqakkat suminngaanneernerinik misissuineq. Strietman, W. J., van den Heuvel-Greve, M. J., van den Brink, A. M., Leemans, E., Strand, J. & Bach, L. (2021). Wageningen Economic Research Report 2021-020. https://doi.org/10.18174/541149
AMAP Litter and Microplastics: Monitoring Guidelines. Farmen, E., Provencher, J. F., Baak, J. E., Bourdages, M. P. T., Hamilton, B., Jantunen, L., Liboiron, M., Mallory, M., Orihel, D., Pijogge, L., Rohman, C. M., Vermaire, J. C., Feld, L., Linnebjerg, J. F., Merkel, F. R., Strand, J., Vorkamp, K., Hammer, S., Galgani, F., Bergmann, M. & others (2021). Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 266 pp, https://www.amap.no/documents/download/6761/inline
Review of plastic pollution policies of Arctic countries in relation to seabirds. Linnebjerg, J. F., Baak, J. E., Barry, T., Gavrilo, M. V., Mallory, M. L., Merkel, F. R., Price, C., Strand, J., Walker, T. R. & Provencher, J. F. (2021). FACETS, 6(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0052
Plastic characterization in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis). Ask, A., Cusa, M. L. J., Danielsen, J., Gabrielsen, G. W. & Strand, J. (2020). Nordic Council of Ministers, TemaNord 537. https://doi.org/10.6027/temanord2020-537

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