Topographic shading influences cryoconite morphodynamics and carbon exchange.

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Cook, J. M., Sweet, Michael J., Cavalli, Ottavia, Taggart, Angus, Edwards, Arwyn
• Other Authors: University of Derby, Aberystwyth University, University of Sheffield
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis 2018
• Subjects: Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycling; Biocryomorphology; Cellular biophysics; Arctic; Croft; Watkins; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622353; https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2017.1414463

Cryoconite holes are the most active and diverse microbial habitats on glacier and ice-sheet surfaces. In this article the authors demonstrate that the shape of cryoconite holes varies depending on ice-surface topography and that this has implications for the carbon cycling regime within. Net ecosys...