Potential impacts of mercury released from thawing permafrost
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.
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Autores principales: | Kevin Schaefer, Yasin Elshorbany, Elchin Jafarov, Paul F. Schuster, Robert G. Striegl, Kimberly P. Wickland, Elsie M. Sunderland |
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Formato: | article |
Lenguaje: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/4f2c00377d6c4978a3062409c329c81d |
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