BINISH MECHIRACKAL BALAN

Employment

• National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research Project Scientist I
  2022 - Present
• Mahatma Gandhi University Research Scholar
  2013 - 2018

Education

• Mahatma Gandhi University Ph.D.
  2013 - 2018
• Mahatma Gandhi University M.Phil.
  2010 - 2011
• Mahatma Gandhi University M.Sc.
  2008 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (14)

• Influence of climate change on the distribution of mercury and selected toxic metals in an Arctic Fjord
  Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100917
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• Microplastic contamination in urban groundwater: Risk assessment, citizen perception and policy imperatives – a case study of Kozhikode City, Kerala State, India
  Science of The Total Environment 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180395
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• Mitigating Microplastic Pollution in Urban Water Systems: A Global Overview With Governance Perspectives From Kerala State, India
  Environmental Quality Management 2025 DOI: 10.1002/tqem.70082
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• Source apportionment of major ions and trace metals in the lacustrine systems of Schirmacher Hills, East Antarctica
  Science of The Total Environment 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174189
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• Occurrence and risk assessment of total mercury, methylmercury and other selected trace metals in the surface sediments of the Cochin Estuary, Southwest Coast of India
  Regional Studies in Marine Science 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102924
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• Chapter 15 - Potential of anaerobic bacteria in bioremediation of metal-contaminated marine and estuarine environment
  Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation (Second Edition) 2021
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• Mercuric reductase gene (merA) activity in a mercury tolerant sulphate reducing bacterium isolated from the Kongsfjorden, Arctic
  Polar Science 2021
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• Microplastic pollution in the surface sediment of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Arctic
  Marine Pollution Bulletin 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112986
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• Mercury in the sediments of freshwater lakes in Ny-Ålesund, Arctic
  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-020-08511-y
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• Metal content in zooplanktons of two Arctic fjords, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard
  Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.enmm.2019.100251
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