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Overview

Rune Dietz is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has made significant contributions within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, General Health Professions, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research focuses predominantly on marine animal studies, mercury impact and mitigation, toxic organic pollutants, isotope analysis in ecology, polar ice dynamics, indigenous studies related to ecology, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research.

Rune Dietz has published extensively in several prominent venues, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (20 publications)
  • Environment International (13 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (8 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (7 publications)
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series (6 publications)

Their recent papers include:

  • Fluorine Mass Balance and Suspect Screening in Marine Mammals from the Northern Hemisphere, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Health effects from contaminant exposure in Baltic Sea birds and marine mammals: A review, 2020, Environment International
  • Organohalogen compounds of emerging concern in Baltic Sea biota: Levels, biomagnification potential and comparisons with legacy contaminants, 2020, Environment International
  • Arctic-adapted dogs emerged at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, 2020, Science
  • Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators in their research include Christian Sonne, Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid, Frank F. Rigét, Igor Eulaers, and Melissa A. McKinney. Christian Sonne is noted as a particularly frequent co-author with 96 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Exposure and effects assessment of persistent organohalogen contaminants in arctic wildlife and fish.

    Robert J. Letcher;Jan Ove Bustnes;Rune Dietz;Bjørn M. Jenssen

  • What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota

    Rune Dietz;Christian Sonne;Niladri Basu;Birgit Braune

  • Population genomics reveal recent speciation and rapid evolutionary adaptation in polar bears.

    Shiping Liu;Eline D. Lorenzen;Matteo Fumagalli;Bo Li

  • Immunotoxic effects of environmental pollutants in marine mammals.

    Jean-Pierre W. Desforges;Christian Sonne;Milton Levin;Ursula Siebert

  • Predicting global killer whale population collapse from PCB pollution

    Jean-Pierre Desforges;Ailsa Hall;Bernie McConnell;Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid

  • The 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus epidemics in European harbour seals.

    Tero Harkonen;Rune Dietz;Peter Reijnders;Jonas Teilmann

  • Lead, cadmium, mercury and selenium in Greenland marine animals.

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  • Preliminary screening of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and other fluorochemicals in fish, birds and marine mammals from Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

    Rossana Bossi;Frank F. Riget;Rune Dietz;Christian Sonne

  • Brominated flame retardants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, East Greenland, and Svalbard.

    Derek C.G. Muir;Sean Backus;Andrew E. Derocher;Rune Dietz

  • Circumpolar study of perfluoroalkyl contaminants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus).

    Marla Smithwick;Scott A. Mabury;Keith R. Solomon;Christian Sonne

  • Anthropogenic contributions to mercury levels in present-day Arctic animals—A review

    Rune Dietz;Peter M. Outridge;Keith A. Hobson

  • Observation of emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Greenland marine mammals.

    Wouter A. Gebbink;Rossana Bossi;Frank F. Rigét;Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid

  • Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish

    Rune Dietz;Robert J. Letcher;Jean Pierre Desforges;Igor Eulaers

  • Is dietary mercury of neurotoxicological concern to wild polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

    Niladri Basu;Anton M. Scheuhammer;Christian Sonne;Robert J. Letcher

  • High rates of vessel noise disrupt foraging in wild harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)

    Danuta Maria Wisniewska;Mark Johnson;Jonas Teilmann;Ursula Siebert

  • Retrospective of the 1988 European seal epizootic

    M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen;T. Harkonen;R. Dietz;P. M. Thompson

  • An assessment of selenium to mercury in Greenland marine animals.

    R Dietz;F Riget;E.W Born

  • Temporal and spatial trends of perfluorinated compounds in ringed seal (Phoca hispida) from Greenland.

    Rossana Bossi;Frank F. Riget;Rune Dietz

  • Chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants and metabolites in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Alaska, Canada, East Greenland, and Svalbard: 1996-2002.

    Jonathan Verreault;Jonathan Verreault;Derek C.G. Muir;Ross J. Norstrom;Ian Stirling

  • Increasing Perfluoroalkyl Contaminants in East Greenland Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus): A New Toxic Threat to the Arctic Bears

    R Dietz;R Bossi;F F Rigét;C Sonne

  • Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of brominated and chlorinated contaminants and their metabolites in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from East Greenland.

    Robert J. Letcher;Wouter A. Gebbink;Christian Sonne;Erik W. Born

  • Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants in Arctic marine and freshwater biota.

    Frank Rigét;Anders Bignert;Birgit M. Braune;Maria Dam

  • Tissue-specific congener composition of organohalogen and metabolite contaminants in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus).

    Wouter A. Gebbink;Christian Sonne;Rune Dietz;Maja Kirkegaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Sonne
Christian Sonne Aarhus University
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Frank F. Rigét
Frank F. Rigét Aarhus University
Erik W. Born
Erik W. Born University of Alberta
Jonas Teilmann
Jonas Teilmann Aarhus University
Bjørn Munro Jenssen
Bjørn Munro Jenssen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Melissa A. McKinney
Melissa A. McKinney McGill University
Kristin L. Laidre
Kristin L. Laidre University of Washington

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