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ReviewACS ES&T water2025

Metal Mobilization from Thawing Permafrost Is an Emergent Risk to Water Resources.

Elliott K Skierszkan, John W Dockrey, Matthew B J Lindsay

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Review in ACS ES&T water, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Elliott K SkierszkanDepartment of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 2115 Herzberg Laboratories, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1S 5B6.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6178-9493
John W DockreyLorax Environmental Services Ltd., 2289 Burrard St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6J 3H9.
Matthew B J LindsayDepartment of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Pl, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 5E2.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9123-3261

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metals are ubiquitous in Earth's Critical Zone and play key roles in ecosystem function, human health, and water security. They are essential nutrients at low concentrations, yet some metals are toxic at a high dose. Permafrost thaw substantially alters all the physical and chemical processes governing metal mobility, including water movement and solute transport and (bio)geochemical interactions involving water, organic matter, minerals, and microbes. The outcomes of these interconnected changes are nonintuitive yet hold global implications for water resources and ecosystem health. This Perspective outlines the primary factors affecting metal mobility in thawing permafrost and underscores the urgent need and priorities for interdisciplinary research to better understand this emerging issue.

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PMID39816976
PMCPMC11731297

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