The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment
Climate change interacts with the sources and cycling of contaminants, such as radionuclides, in the environment. In this review, we discuss the implications of climate change impacts on existing and potential future sources of radionuclides associated with human activities to the marine environment...
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ftethz:oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/666248 2024-05-19T07:46:36+00:00 The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment Gwynn, Justin P. Hatje, Vanessa Casacuberta, Núria id_orcid:0 000-0001-7316-1655 Sarin, Manmohan Osvath, Iolanda 2024-03-16 application/application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/666248 https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000666248 en eng Nature info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s43247-024-01241-w info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/001186514000005 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/101001451 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SNF/PRIMA/193091 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/666248 doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000666248 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Communications Earth & Environment, 5 (1) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2024 ftethz https://doi.org/20.500.11850/66624810.3929/ethz-b-00066624810.1038/s43247-024-01241-w 2024-04-30T23:34:11Z Climate change interacts with the sources and cycling of contaminants, such as radionuclides, in the environment. In this review, we discuss the implications of climate change impacts on existing and potential future sources of radionuclides associated with human activities to the marine environment. The overall effect on operational releases of radionuclides from the nuclear and non-nuclear sectors will likely be increased interference or prevention of normal operations due to weather-related events. For certain radioactive waste dumped at sea and sunken nuclear submarines, the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on the release of radionuclides and their subsequent fate in the marine environment should be considered further. Fluxes from secondary sources of radionuclides in the marine and terrestrial environment and cryosphere will change in response to climate change impacts such as sea level rise, warming and changes in precipitation patterns. In addition, climate change impacts may increase the risk of releases of radionuclides from operational and legacy wastes on land to the marine environment. Overall, our synthesis highlights that there is a need to understand and assess climate change impacts on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment to meet environmental and management challenges under future climate scenarios. ISSN:2662-4435 Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification ETH Zürich Research Collection |
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Climate change interacts with the sources and cycling of contaminants, such as radionuclides, in the environment. In this review, we discuss the implications of climate change impacts on existing and potential future sources of radionuclides associated with human activities to the marine environment. The overall effect on operational releases of radionuclides from the nuclear and non-nuclear sectors will likely be increased interference or prevention of normal operations due to weather-related events. For certain radioactive waste dumped at sea and sunken nuclear submarines, the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on the release of radionuclides and their subsequent fate in the marine environment should be considered further. Fluxes from secondary sources of radionuclides in the marine and terrestrial environment and cryosphere will change in response to climate change impacts such as sea level rise, warming and changes in precipitation patterns. In addition, climate change impacts may increase the risk of releases of radionuclides from operational and legacy wastes on land to the marine environment. Overall, our synthesis highlights that there is a need to understand and assess climate change impacts on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment to meet environmental and management challenges under future climate scenarios. ISSN:2662-4435 |
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Gwynn, Justin P. Hatje, Vanessa Casacuberta, Núria id_orcid:0 000-0001-7316-1655 Sarin, Manmohan Osvath, Iolanda |
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Gwynn, Justin P. Hatje, Vanessa Casacuberta, Núria id_orcid:0 000-0001-7316-1655 Sarin, Manmohan Osvath, Iolanda The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment |
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Gwynn, Justin P. Hatje, Vanessa Casacuberta, Núria id_orcid:0 000-0001-7316-1655 Sarin, Manmohan Osvath, Iolanda |
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Gwynn, Justin P. |
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The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment |
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The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment |
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The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment |
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The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment |
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The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment |
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effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/666248 https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000666248 |
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Ocean acidification |
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Ocean acidification |
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