Spatially consistent microbial biomass and future cellular carbon release from melting Northern Hemisphere glacier surfaces

Average microbial biomass loads in glacial melt water are similar despite different environmental settings allowing for estimation of regional carbon export from melting glacier surfaces, according to direct observations at eight northern hemisphere glaciers and two Greenland Ice Sheet sites.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors: Ian T. Stevens, Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn, Arwyn Edwards, Andrew C. Mitchell, Joseph M. Cook, Philip R. Porter, Tom O. Holt, Matthias Huss, Xavier Fettweis, Brian J. Moorman, Birgit Sattler, Andy J. Hodson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
Geology
QE1-996.5
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Greenland
glacier
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00609-0
https://doaj.org/article/25c23bd88766485191a601837d8cc50a
Description
Summary:Average microbial biomass loads in glacial melt water are similar despite different environmental settings allowing for estimation of regional carbon export from melting glacier surfaces, according to direct observations at eight northern hemisphere glaciers and two Greenland Ice Sheet sites.

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