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Thawing permafrost poses environmental threat to thousands of sites with legacy industrial contamination

Authors :
Moritz Langer
Thomas Schneider von Deimling
Sebastian Westermann
Rebecca Rolph
Ralph Rutte
Sofia Antonova
Volker Rachold
Michael Schultz
Alexander Oehme
Guido Grosse
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2023.

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

Subjects :
Science

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