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Potential impacts of mercury released from thawing permafrost

Authors :
Kevin Schaefer
Yasin Elshorbany
Elchin Jafarov
Paul F. Schuster
Robert G. Striegl
Kimberly P. Wickland
Elsie M. Sunderland
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Permafrost locks away the largest reservoir of mercury on the planet, but climate warming threatens to thaw these systems. Here the authors use models to show that unconstrained fossil fuel burning will dramatically increase the amount of mercury released into future ecosystems.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4f2c00377d6c4978a3062409c329c81d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18398-5