Increase in elemental carbon values between 1970 and 2004 observed in a 300-year ice core from Holtedahlfonna (Svalbard)

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: M. M. Ruppel, I. Isaksson, J. Ström, E. Beaudon, J. Svensson, C. A. Pedersen, A. Korhola
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; Greenland; Holtedahlfonna; Low Point; Svalbard; albedo; black carbon; glacier; Greenland ice core; Greenland ice cores; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11447-2014; https://doaj.org/article/e03ff3ed8d4548f6b22817be1134ee86

Black carbon (BC) is a light-absorbing particle that warms the atmosphere–Earth system. The climate effects of BC are amplified in the Arctic, where its deposition on light surfaces decreases the albedo and causes earlier melt of snow and ice. Despite its suggested significant role in Arctic climate...