ArticleNature communications2022
Black carbon footprint of human presence in Antarctica.
Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Anthropogenic Black Carbon Signatures in Antarctic Fjords: Implications for Carbon Cycling.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Catchment lithology controls net carbon balance along the Antarctic Peninsula.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Antarctic science operations must account for climate change and extreme environmental events.Communications earth & environment · 2026Review
- Nanoplastic concentration and potential transport in the Arctic Ocean.NPJ emerging contaminants · 2026Article
- Multiple paleofire proxy metrics from tropical lake sediment and soil in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem.The Holocene · 2025Article
- Impacts of Antarctic summer sea-ice extremes.PNAS nexus · 2025Article
- Seasonal changes in black carbon footprint on the Antarctic Peninsula due to rising shipborne tourism and forest fires.Science advances · 2024Article
- Application of artificial intelligence in quantifying lung deposition dose of black carbon in people with exposure to ambient combustion particles.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2024Article
- Threat management priorities for conserving Antarctic biodiversity.PLoS biology · 2022Article
- Islands in the ice: Potential impacts of habitat transformation on Antarctic biodiversity.Global change biology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Black carbon (BC) from fossil fuel and biomass combustion darkens the snow and makes it melt sooner. The BC footprint of research activities and tourism in Antarctica has likely increased as human presence in the continent has surged in recent decades. Here, we report on measurements of the BC concentration in snow samples from 28 sites across a transect of about 2,000 km from the northern tip of Antarctica (62°S) to the southern Ellsworth Mountains (79°S). Our surveys show that BC content in snow surrounding research facilities and popular shore tourist-landing sites is considerably above background levels measured elsewhere in the continent. The resulting radiative forcing is accelerating snow melting and shrinking the snowpack on BC-impacted areas on the Antarctic Peninsula and associated archipelagos by up to 23 mm water equivalent (w.e.) every summer.
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