Antarctic permafrost degassing in Taylor Valley by extensive soil gas investigation
: Ongoing studies conducted in northern polar regions reveal that permafrost stability plays a key role in the modern carbon cycle as it potentially stores considerable quantities of greenhouse gases. Rapid and recent warming of the Arctic permafrost is resulting in significant greenhouse gas emissi...
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ftunivpadovairis:oai:www.research.unipd.it:11577/3467229 2024-04-14T08:01:57+00:00 Antarctic permafrost degassing in Taylor Valley by extensive soil gas investigation Ruggiero, Livio Sciarra, Alessandra Mazzini, Adriano Florindo, Fabio Wilson, Gary S. Tartarello, Maria Chiara Mazzoli, Claudio Anderson, Jacob T. H. Romano, Valentina Worthington, Richard Bigi, Sabina Sassi, Raffaele Ciotoli, Giancarlo Ruggiero, Livio Sciarra, Alessandra Mazzini, Adriano Florindo, Fabio Wilson, Gary S. Tartarello, Maria Chiara Mazzoli, Claudio Anderson, Jacob T. H. Romano, Valentina Worthington, Richard Bigi, Sabina Sassi, Raffaele Ciotoli, Giancarlo 2023 STAMPA https://hdl.handle.net/11577/3467229 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161345 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/36603636 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000921184700001 volume:866 firstpage:1 lastpage:11 numberofpages:11 journal:SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT https://hdl.handle.net/11577/3467229 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161345 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85145660744 Antarctica CO(2) output McMurdo Dry Valley Permafrost Soil gas survey info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2023 ftunivpadovairis https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161345 2024-03-21T18:42:11Z : Ongoing studies conducted in northern polar regions reveal that permafrost stability plays a key role in the modern carbon cycle as it potentially stores considerable quantities of greenhouse gases. Rapid and recent warming of the Arctic permafrost is resulting in significant greenhouse gas emissions, both from physical and microbial processes. The potential impact of greenhouse gas release from the Antarctic region has not, to date, been investigated. In Antarctica, the McMurdo Dry Valleys comprise 10 % of the ice-free soil surface areas in Antarctica and like the northern polar regions are also warming albeit at a slower rate. The work presented herein examines a comprehensive sample suite of soil gas (e.g., CO2, CH4 and He) concentrations and CO2 flux measurements conducted in Taylor Valley during austral summer 2019/2020. Analytical results reveal the presence of significant concentrations of CO2, CH4 and He (up to 3.44 vol%, 18,447 ppmv and 6.49 ppmv, respectively) at the base of the active layer. When compared with the few previously obtained measurements, we observe increased CO2 flux rates (estimated CO2 emissions in the study area of 21.6 km2 ≈ 15 tons day-1). We suggest that the gas source is connected with the deep brines migrating from inland (potentially from beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet) towards the coast beneath the permafrost layer. These data provide a baseline for future investigations aimed at monitoring the changing rate of greenhouse gas emissions from Antarctic permafrost, and the potential origin of gases, as the southern polar region warms. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Ice Ice Sheet McMurdo Dry Valleys permafrost Padua Research Archive (IRIS - Università degli Studi di Padova) Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Austral McMurdo Dry Valleys Taylor Valley ENVELOPE(163.000,163.000,-77.617,-77.617) Science of The Total Environment 866 161345 |
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Antarctica CO(2) output McMurdo Dry Valley Permafrost Soil gas survey Ruggiero, Livio Sciarra, Alessandra Mazzini, Adriano Florindo, Fabio Wilson, Gary S. Tartarello, Maria Chiara Mazzoli, Claudio Anderson, Jacob T. H. Romano, Valentina Worthington, Richard Bigi, Sabina Sassi, Raffaele Ciotoli, Giancarlo Antarctic permafrost degassing in Taylor Valley by extensive soil gas investigation |
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: Ongoing studies conducted in northern polar regions reveal that permafrost stability plays a key role in the modern carbon cycle as it potentially stores considerable quantities of greenhouse gases. Rapid and recent warming of the Arctic permafrost is resulting in significant greenhouse gas emissions, both from physical and microbial processes. The potential impact of greenhouse gas release from the Antarctic region has not, to date, been investigated. In Antarctica, the McMurdo Dry Valleys comprise 10 % of the ice-free soil surface areas in Antarctica and like the northern polar regions are also warming albeit at a slower rate. The work presented herein examines a comprehensive sample suite of soil gas (e.g., CO2, CH4 and He) concentrations and CO2 flux measurements conducted in Taylor Valley during austral summer 2019/2020. Analytical results reveal the presence of significant concentrations of CO2, CH4 and He (up to 3.44 vol%, 18,447 ppmv and 6.49 ppmv, respectively) at the base of the active layer. When compared with the few previously obtained measurements, we observe increased CO2 flux rates (estimated CO2 emissions in the study area of 21.6 km2 ≈ 15 tons day-1). We suggest that the gas source is connected with the deep brines migrating from inland (potentially from beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet) towards the coast beneath the permafrost layer. These data provide a baseline for future investigations aimed at monitoring the changing rate of greenhouse gas emissions from Antarctic permafrost, and the potential origin of gases, as the southern polar region warms. |
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Ruggiero, Livio Sciarra, Alessandra Mazzini, Adriano Florindo, Fabio Wilson, Gary S. Tartarello, Maria Chiara Mazzoli, Claudio Anderson, Jacob T. H. Romano, Valentina Worthington, Richard Bigi, Sabina Sassi, Raffaele Ciotoli, Giancarlo |
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Ruggiero, Livio Sciarra, Alessandra Mazzini, Adriano Florindo, Fabio Wilson, Gary S. Tartarello, Maria Chiara Mazzoli, Claudio Anderson, Jacob T. H. Romano, Valentina Worthington, Richard Bigi, Sabina Sassi, Raffaele Ciotoli, Giancarlo |
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Ruggiero, Livio Sciarra, Alessandra Mazzini, Adriano Florindo, Fabio Wilson, Gary S. Tartarello, Maria Chiara Mazzoli, Claudio Anderson, Jacob T. H. Romano, Valentina Worthington, Richard Bigi, Sabina Sassi, Raffaele Ciotoli, Giancarlo |
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Antarctic permafrost degassing in Taylor Valley by extensive soil gas investigation |
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Antarctic permafrost degassing in Taylor Valley by extensive soil gas investigation |
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Antarctic permafrost degassing in Taylor Valley by extensive soil gas investigation |
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Antarctic permafrost degassing in Taylor Valley by extensive soil gas investigation |
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Antarctic permafrost degassing in Taylor Valley by extensive soil gas investigation |
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antarctic permafrost degassing in taylor valley by extensive soil gas investigation |
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