Publications

Articles

India Must Take Both Russia & China into ‘Confidence’ to boost Arctic Presence, Says expert

India’s Arctic Policy regime and its geopolitical significance

Winds of Change In Antarctica: Beyond Global Warming Issues – Analysis

Not Just a Treaty Requirement, New Antarctic Law Reflects India’s Geopolitical Concerns

Challenges to India’s Arctic Policy Amid Great Power Rivalry

Russia, the United States, and Churning Arctic Geopolitics

Contours of India’s Arctic Policy

Where Does India’s New Arctic Policy Stand Amid Russian Invasion, Climate Change?

Journal Papers

1. Mechirackal Balan Binish, Sruthy Shini, Rupesh Kumar Sinha, Kottekkattu Padinchati Krishnan and Mahesh Mohan. 2021. Mercuric reductase gene (merA) activity in a mercury tolerant sulphate reducing bacterium isolated from the Kongsfjorden, Arctic. Polar Science, 100745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2021.100745
2. Sruthy S , Mahesh Mohan , Ajay Harit, Binish M.B and E.V.Ramasamy. Microplastics in the sediments of Kongsfjord, Arctic. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112986
3. Femi A. Thomas, Mahesh Mohan and K.P.Krishnan (2021). Bacterial diversity and their metabolic potentials in the sedimentary environments of Ny-Ålesund, Arctic. AAntonie van Leeuwenhoek. 114, 1339–1360. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-021-01604-9   [IF: 2.674]
4. Siddarthan Venkatachalam, V.M. Kannan, V.K. Saritha, S.L. Dinesh, Mahesh Mohan, K.P. Krishnan(2021). Bacterial diversity and community structure along the glacier foreland of Midtre Lovénbreen, Svalbard, Arctic. Ecological Indicators. 126, 107704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107704 [IF 4.229]
5. Gopikrishna, V. G., Kannan, V. M., Binish, M. B., Shukkur, M. A., Krishnan, K. P., & Mohan, M. (2020). Mercury in the sediments of freshwater lakes in Ny-Ålesund, Arctic. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192:538.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08511-y
6. Gopikrishna, V. G., Sebastian, A., Akhilghosh, K. A., & Mohan, M. (2020a). Mercury and Other Trace Metals in the Surface Soils of Ny-Ålesund, Arctic. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 231(7), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04745-1
7. Vishnusagar M.K., Kannan, V. M., Gopikrishana, V. G., Krishnan, K. P. and Mohan, M. (2021). Geochemistry and distribution of Metals in the Sediments of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Arctic. Regional Studies in Marine Sciences. 44, 101729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101729
8. Mohan, M., Chandini, P. K., Krishnan, K. P., Gopikrishana, V. G., Sajinkumar, K. S., & Kannan, V. M. (2017). Mercury Fractionation in the Sediments of Kongsfjorden, an Arctic Fjord, Svalbard. International Journal of Marine Science, 7.
9. K. Nejumal, Mahesh Mohan, K.P. Krishnan,  D. Dineep, U.K. Aravind,C.T. Aravindakumar (2017) Presence of bisphenol S and surfactants in the sedimentsof Kongsfjorden: a negative impact of human activities in Arctic? Environ Monit Assess. 190:22
10. M. Kannan, K.A.Treasa Nimy, V.G. Gopikrishna, Rakesh P.S., K.P. Krishnan, Mahesh Mohan, 2018. Zooplankton Diversity In Kongsfjord, Svalbard, Arctic. Tropical Ecology, 59(3): 541–544
11. Rupesh Kumar Sinha, KP Krishnan, Femi A Thomas, Binish MB, Mahesh Mohan, P John Kurian. 2018. Polyphasic approach revealed complex bacterial community structure and function in deep sea sediment of ultra-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge. Ecological Indicators 96(1):40-51
12. Mahesh Mohan, Tresa Nimmy K., Kannan V.M., Gopikrishna V.G., Abdul Shukkur M., Binish M.B., Arun Babu V., Rakesh P.S. (2019) Metal accumulation in Zooplanktons of two Arctic fjords, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 12
13. Mohan, M., Sreelakshmi, U., Sagar, M. V., Gopikrishna, V. G., Pandit, G. G., Sahu, S. K., & Krishnan, K. P. (2018). Rate of sediment accumulation and historic metal contamination in a tidewater glacier fjord, Svalbard. Marine pollution bulletin, 131, 453-459.