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Thawing permafrost poses environmental threat to thousands of sites with legacy industrial contamination
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2023.
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Abstract
- Thousands of industrial sites were found to be correlated with contaminated sites in the Arctic. Between 13,000 and 20,000 contaminated sites are likely to exist in the permafrost region, 26% of which will be affected by permafrost thaw before 2100.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b57254552484da9ad294b0ab5af6d5f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37276-4