Black carbon footprint of human presence in Antarctica

The snow surrounding research facilities and shore tourist-landing sites in Antarctica was found to be darker than elsewhere in the continent, which suggests that local emissions of black carbon are accelerating seasonal snowmelt in impacted regions.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Raúl R. Cordero, Edgardo Sepúlveda, Sarah Feron, Alessandro Damiani, Francisco Fernandoy, Steven Neshyba, Penny M. Rowe, Valentina Asencio, Jorge Carrasco, Juan A. Alfonso, Pedro Llanillo, Paul Wachter, Gunther Seckmeyer, Marina Stepanova, Juan M. Carrera, Jose Jorquera, Chenghao Wang, Avni Malhotra, Jacob Dana, Alia L. Khan, Gino Casassa
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
Science
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Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28560-w
https://doaj.org/article/a4e839cc4ece43bba95a4446f75499f8
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Summary:The snow surrounding research facilities and shore tourist-landing sites in Antarctica was found to be darker than elsewhere in the continent, which suggests that local emissions of black carbon are accelerating seasonal snowmelt in impacted regions.

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