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Mercury isotope evidence for Arctic summertime re-emission of mercury from the cryosphere

Authors :
Beatriz Ferreira Araujo
Stefan Osterwalder
Natalie Szponar
Domenica Lee
Mariia V. Petrova
Jakob Boyd Pernov
Shaddy Ahmed
Lars-Eric Heimbürger-Boavida
Laure Laffont
Roman Teisserenc
Nikita Tananaev
Claus Nordstrom
Olivier Magand
Geoff Stupple
Henrik Skov
Alexandra Steffen
Bridget Bergquist
Katrine Aspmo Pfaffhuber
Jennie L. Thomas
Simon Scheper
Tuukka Petäjä
Aurélien Dommergue
Jeroen E. Sonke
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Arctic warming thaws permafrost, leading to enhanced soil mercury transport to the Arctic Ocean. Mercury isotope signatures in arctic rivers, ocean and atmosphere suggest that permafrost mercury is buried in marine sediment and not emitted to the global atmosphere

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.469e45f2068459bb6ca075362dd25d1
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32440-8