National Institute of Environmental Research

Operational monitoring of vegetation drought considering the propagation processes between various meteorological drought indices and vegetation indices

Abstract Vegetation drought (VD) is a condition in which vegetation experiences stress due to various meteorological factors. Several meteorological drought indices (MDIs) have been developed and applied to quantify the effects of such drought. However, researches on which meteor...

Environmental Risk Assessment of Triphenyl Phosphate in Freshwater, Sediment, and Soil

Background: Triphenyl phosphate (TPP) is an organophosphate flame retardant known to accumulate in the environment, including in surface water, sediment, and soil, ultimately resulting in toxicity.While continuous monitoring studies on TPP have been reported, ecological risk asse...

Decadal monitoring of trace organic contaminants in common carp from the Han and Yeongsan Rivers

Emerging contaminants in freshwater fish pose ecological and human health risks, yet long-term tissue-residue data for fish muscle remain scarce. This study assessed the decadal accumulation of trace organic contaminants in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from two major Korean rive...

Total Ozone Reactivity Measurements Reveal Knowledge Gap in Volatile Organic Compound Emissions and Their Reactions

Abstract Total ozone (O 3 ) reactivity monitors (TORMs) were used to investigate biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions from several ecosystems. Measurements were conducted in temperate deciduous North American forests, during the CABINEX and SOAS campaigns, on tundr...