Thallium Pollution in Europe Over the Twentieth Century Recorded in Alpine Ice: Contributions From Coal Burning and Cement Production
International audience Emission inventories indicate that thallium, a highly toxic metal, is emitted during coal burning and cement production. These estimates have been established only for the 1980s and 1990s but up to now they have not been compared to long-term observations. Here we used alpine...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:insu-03749601v1 2023-06-11T04:12:39+02:00 Thallium Pollution in Europe Over the Twentieth Century Recorded in Alpine Ice: Contributions From Coal Burning and Cement Production Legrand, Michel Mcconnell, Joseph R. Preunkert, Susanne Bergametti, Gilles Chellman, Nathan J. Desboeufs, Karine Plach, Andreas Stohl, Andreas Eckhardt, Sabine Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA (UMR_7583)) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité) 2022 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03749601 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03749601/document https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03749601/file/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202022%20-%20Legrand%20-%20Thallium%20Pollution%20in%20Europe%20Over%20the%20Twentieth%20Century%20Recorded%20in%20Alpine.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098688 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1029/2022GL098688 insu-03749601 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03749601 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03749601/document https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03749601/file/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202022%20-%20Legrand%20-%20Thallium%20Pollution%20in%20Europe%20Over%20the%20Twentieth%20Century%20Recorded%20in%20Alpine.pdf BIBCODE: 2022GeoRL.4998688L doi:10.1029/2022GL098688 http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/licences/copyright/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0094-8276 EISSN: 1944-8007 Geophysical Research Letters https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03749601 Geophysical Research Letters, 2022, 49, ⟨10.1029/2022GL098688⟩ thallium coal burning volcanic emission alpine ice core trend anthropogenic source categories aerosol transport modeling [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] [SDU.STU.VO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Volcanology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098688 2023-05-06T23:27:16Z International audience Emission inventories indicate that thallium, a highly toxic metal, is emitted during coal burning and cement production. These estimates have been established only for the 1980s and 1990s but up to now they have not been compared to long-term observations. Here we used alpine ice cores to document thallium pollution over Europe since ∼1850. Ice-core thallium concentrations increased from 1890 to 1910, and decreased after 1965 to concentrations that were half 1890 levels. Comparison of ice-core trends, estimated past emissions, and state-of-the-art atmospheric aerosol transport modeling suggest that coal burning was responsible for thallium pollution in Europe, particularly from 1920 to 1965 because of high coal consumption at that time. The subsequent decline resulted from decreased coal consumption and reduced emissions following technological improvements. The ice-core data suggest that the rapid growth of cement production that took place in Europe after 1950 had a limited impact on thallium pollution. Article in Journal/Newspaper ice core Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Geophysical Research Letters 49 13 |
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thallium coal burning volcanic emission alpine ice core trend anthropogenic source categories aerosol transport modeling [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] [SDU.STU.VO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Volcanology Legrand, Michel Mcconnell, Joseph R. Preunkert, Susanne Bergametti, Gilles Chellman, Nathan J. Desboeufs, Karine Plach, Andreas Stohl, Andreas Eckhardt, Sabine Thallium Pollution in Europe Over the Twentieth Century Recorded in Alpine Ice: Contributions From Coal Burning and Cement Production |
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International audience Emission inventories indicate that thallium, a highly toxic metal, is emitted during coal burning and cement production. These estimates have been established only for the 1980s and 1990s but up to now they have not been compared to long-term observations. Here we used alpine ice cores to document thallium pollution over Europe since ∼1850. Ice-core thallium concentrations increased from 1890 to 1910, and decreased after 1965 to concentrations that were half 1890 levels. Comparison of ice-core trends, estimated past emissions, and state-of-the-art atmospheric aerosol transport modeling suggest that coal burning was responsible for thallium pollution in Europe, particularly from 1920 to 1965 because of high coal consumption at that time. The subsequent decline resulted from decreased coal consumption and reduced emissions following technological improvements. The ice-core data suggest that the rapid growth of cement production that took place in Europe after 1950 had a limited impact on thallium pollution. |
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Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA (UMR_7583)) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité) |
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Legrand, Michel Mcconnell, Joseph R. Preunkert, Susanne Bergametti, Gilles Chellman, Nathan J. Desboeufs, Karine Plach, Andreas Stohl, Andreas Eckhardt, Sabine |
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Thallium Pollution in Europe Over the Twentieth Century Recorded in Alpine Ice: Contributions From Coal Burning and Cement Production |
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Thallium Pollution in Europe Over the Twentieth Century Recorded in Alpine Ice: Contributions From Coal Burning and Cement Production |
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Thallium Pollution in Europe Over the Twentieth Century Recorded in Alpine Ice: Contributions From Coal Burning and Cement Production |
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Thallium Pollution in Europe Over the Twentieth Century Recorded in Alpine Ice: Contributions From Coal Burning and Cement Production |
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Thallium Pollution in Europe Over the Twentieth Century Recorded in Alpine Ice: Contributions From Coal Burning and Cement Production |
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thallium pollution in europe over the twentieth century recorded in alpine ice: contributions from coal burning and cement production |
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