Mercury stocks in discontinuous permafrost and their mobilization by river migration in the Yukon River Basin

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Smith, M Isabel, Ke, Yutian, Geyman, Emily C, Reahl, Jocelyn N, Douglas, Madison M, Seelen, Emily A, Magyar, John S, Dunne, Kieran B J, Mutter, Edda A, Fischer, Woodward W, Lamb, Michael P, West, A Joshua
• Other Authors: Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2024
• Subjects: Human health; permafrost; Yukon river; Alaska; Yukon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad536e; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad536e; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad536e/pdf

Abstract Rapid warming in the Arctic threatens to destabilize mercury (Hg) deposits contained within soils in permafrost regions. Yet current estimates of the amount of Hg in permafrost vary by ∼4 times. Moreover, how Hg will be released to the environment as permafrost thaws remains poorly known, d...