Ice-covered ponds in the Untersee Oasis (East Antarctica): Distribution, chemical composition, and trajectory under a warming climate

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Benoit Faucher, Denis Lacelle, Nicole B. Marsh, David A. Fisher, Dale T. Andersen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021
• Subjects: ice-covered ponds; isotope geochemistry; modeling; freezing; evaporation; dronning maud land; geo; envir; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Untersee; Antarc*; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Antarctica; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2021.2000566; https://doaj.org/article/a64ca06215a4426eac0c49e4bdb7d8f2

Climate change is impacting lakes and ponds in Antarctica. To that end, we investigated the distribution and chemical composition of ice-covered ponds in Untersee Oasis, East Antarctica. Thirty-nine ponds were inventoried, and the thirteen sampled ponds have low total dissolved solutes (TDS) with a...