Current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate
Browning of surface waters because of increasing terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (OC) concentrations is a concern for drinking water providers and can impact land carbon storage. We show that positive trends in OC in 474 streams, lakes, and rivers in boreal and subarctic ecosystems in Norway, S...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:818549 2024-09-15T18:37:59+00:00 Current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate de Wit, Heleen Valinia, Salar Weyhenmeyer, Gesa Futter, Martyn Kortelainen, Pirkko Austnes, Kari Hessen, Dag Räike, Antti Laudon, Hjalmar Vuorenmaa, Jussi 2016-11-04 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00396 unknown Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/c-cascades https://zenodo.org/communities/eu https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00396 oai:zenodo.org:818549 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 3, 430-435, (2016-11-04) info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00396 2024-07-26T14:17:26Z Browning of surface waters because of increasing terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (OC) concentrations is a concern for drinking water providers and can impact land carbon storage. We show that positive trends in OC in 474 streams, lakes, and rivers in boreal and subarctic ecosystems in Norway, Sweden, and Finland between 1990 and 2013 are surprisingly constant across climatic gradients and catchment sizes, implying that water bodies across the entire landscape are browning. We estimate that a 10% increase in precipitation will increase mobilization of OC from soils to freshwaters by at least 30%, demonstrating the importance of climate wetting for the carbon cycle. We conclude that upon future increases in precipitation, current browning trends will continue across the entire aquatic continuum, requiring expensive adaptations in drinking water plants, increasing land to sea export of carbon, and impacting aquatic productivity and greenhouse gas emissions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Subarctic Zenodo Environmental Science & Technology Letters 3 12 430 435 |
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Browning of surface waters because of increasing terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (OC) concentrations is a concern for drinking water providers and can impact land carbon storage. We show that positive trends in OC in 474 streams, lakes, and rivers in boreal and subarctic ecosystems in Norway, Sweden, and Finland between 1990 and 2013 are surprisingly constant across climatic gradients and catchment sizes, implying that water bodies across the entire landscape are browning. We estimate that a 10% increase in precipitation will increase mobilization of OC from soils to freshwaters by at least 30%, demonstrating the importance of climate wetting for the carbon cycle. We conclude that upon future increases in precipitation, current browning trends will continue across the entire aquatic continuum, requiring expensive adaptations in drinking water plants, increasing land to sea export of carbon, and impacting aquatic productivity and greenhouse gas emissions. |
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de Wit, Heleen Valinia, Salar Weyhenmeyer, Gesa Futter, Martyn Kortelainen, Pirkko Austnes, Kari Hessen, Dag Räike, Antti Laudon, Hjalmar Vuorenmaa, Jussi |
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de Wit, Heleen Valinia, Salar Weyhenmeyer, Gesa Futter, Martyn Kortelainen, Pirkko Austnes, Kari Hessen, Dag Räike, Antti Laudon, Hjalmar Vuorenmaa, Jussi Current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate |
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de Wit, Heleen Valinia, Salar Weyhenmeyer, Gesa Futter, Martyn Kortelainen, Pirkko Austnes, Kari Hessen, Dag Räike, Antti Laudon, Hjalmar Vuorenmaa, Jussi |
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Current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate |
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Current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate |
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Current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate |
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Current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate |
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Current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate |
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current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate |
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Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 3, 430-435, (2016-11-04) |
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