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Erosion of organic carbon in the Arctic as a geological carbon dioxide sink

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  • Robert G. Hilton

    (Durham University)

  • Valier Galy

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Jérôme Gaillardet

    (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Universite Paris Diderot)

  • Mathieu Dellinger

    (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Universite Paris Diderot)

  • Charlotte Bryant

    (NERC Radiocarbon Facility)

  • Matt O'Regan

    (Stockholm University)

  • Darren R. Gröcke

    (Durham University)

  • Helen Coxall

    (Stockholm University)

  • Julien Bouchez

    (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Universite Paris Diderot)

  • Damien Calmels

    (Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire GEOPS)

Abstract

Measurements of sediments eroded by the Mackenzie River reveal the widespread export of permafrost-derived biospheric carbon that is several thousand years old, and demonstrate its burial in the Arctic Ocean, suggesting that high-latitude rivers can act as important carbon dioxide sinks.

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  • Robert G. Hilton & Valier Galy & Jérôme Gaillardet & Mathieu Dellinger & Charlotte Bryant & Matt O'Regan & Darren R. Gröcke & Helen Coxall & Julien Bouchez & Damien Calmels, 2015. "Erosion of organic carbon in the Arctic as a geological carbon dioxide sink," Nature, Nature, vol. 524(7563), pages 84-87, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:524:y:2015:i:7563:d:10.1038_nature14653
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14653
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    1. Jannik Martens & Birgit Wild & Igor Semiletov & Oleg V. Dudarev & Örjan Gustafsson, 2022. "Circum-Arctic release of terrestrial carbon varies between regions and sources," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Junjie Wu & Gesine Mollenhauer & Ruediger Stein & Peter Köhler & Jens Hefter & Kirsten Fahl & Hendrik Grotheer & Bingbing Wei & Seung-Il Nam, 2022. "Deglacial release of petrogenic and permafrost carbon from the Canadian Arctic impacting the carbon cycle," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. K. E. Clark & R. F. Stallard & S. F. Murphy & M. A. Scholl & G. González & A. F. Plante & W. H. McDowell, 2022. "Extreme rainstorms drive exceptional organic carbon export from forested humid-tropical rivers in Puerto Rico," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.

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