Persistent organic pollutants distribution of small coastal catchments at the Canadian Beaufort coast.

• Main Authors: Lodi, Rachele, Wagner, Julia, Hugelius, Gustaf, Martin, Victoria Sophie, Speetjens, Niek, Richter, Andreas, Gabrieli, Jacopo, Barbante, Carlo
• Format: Lecture
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Permafrost; organic contaminants; Herschel Island; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10165

Recent decades have shown phases of very rapid warming in the Canadian Arctic. This raises a concern, also in reference to potential changes in permafrost active layer deepening, enhancing the fact that seawater, snow and soils are becoming important secondary sources remobilizing persistent organic...