Accumulation of Environmental Radioactivity on the Surface of a High Arctic Ice Cap (Flade Isblink, NE Greenland)

• Published in: Environmental Science & Technology
• Main Authors: Beard, Dylan B., Baccolo, Giovanni, Clason, Caroline C., Millward, Geoffrey E., Łokas, Edyta, Di Stefano, Elena, Rangecroft, Sally, Sala, Dariusz, Wachniew, Przemysław, Blake, William H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; contaminant; cryoconite; environmental radioactivity; ice cap; radionuclides; Flade Isblink; Ice cap; Novaya Zemlya
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11590/481488; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c10755

Under climatic warming, glaciers are becoming a secondary source of atmospheric contaminants originally released into the environment decades ago. This phenomenon has been well-documented for glaciers near emission sources. However, less is known about polar ice sheets and ice caps. Radionuclides ar...