Export of Organic Matter and Microbes from the Greenland Ice Sheet: Sources, Composition, and Downstream Implications

• Main Authors: Kohler, T.J., Zarsky, J.D., Cameron, K., Lamarche-Gagnon, G., Hawkings, J., Telling, J., Tedstone, A., Wadham, J., Jacobsen, C.S., Yde, J.C., Sitbal, M.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Greenland; Leverett Glacier; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/217350/; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AGUFM.B44B.01K/abstract

Meltwater runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) has increased by more than 50% in the last 50 years. While considerable uncertainty revolves around the impact this change may have on downstream ecosystems, previous research has suggested that solute and microbial exports from the GrIS are likel...