Snow amplification of persistent organic pollutants at coastal antarctica

• Main Authors: Casal, Paulo, Casas, G., Vila-Costa, Maria, Cabrerizo, Ana, Pizarro, Mariana, Jiménez, Begoña, Dachs, Jordi
• Other Authors: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Generalitat de Catalunya
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Chemical Society 2019
• Subjects: Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/199636; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03006; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003339; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002809

Many legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been reported in polar regions, and act as sentinels of global pollution. Maritime Antarctica is recipient of abundant snow precipitation. Snow scavenges air pollutants, and after snow melting, it can induce an unquantified and poorl...