格陵兰岛的融化导致冰层持续出口甲
Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon1, Jemma L Wadham2, Barbara Sherwood Lollar3
1School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. guillaume.lg@bristol.ac.uk.
Nature
|January 4, 2019
概括
冰盖从冰下湿地释放出大量的甲. 有效的排水系统将这种甲输出,影响全球预算和大气甲水平.
科学领域:
- 地球科学
- 冰川学
- 生物地质化学
背景情况:
- 目前全球的甲预算忽视了冰盖.
- 之前的研究表明, 冰层在退缩期间可能会释放甲.
- 目前冰盖的甲足迹没有经验数据.
研究的目的:
- 调查格陵兰冰盖下的甲生产和出口情况.
- 测量从冰盖到大气中的甲流量.
- 为了确定地冰下产生的甲的起源和命运.
主要方法:
- 持续监测冰下水域和冰边水域的甲度.
- 稳定同位素分析以确定甲来源.
- 用水文模型来了解甲的运输和逃逸.
主要成果:
- 证实了甲的冰下生产,从格陵兰冰盖床持续出口甲过的水.
- 据估计,在融化季节,大约有6.3甲从冰盖床上横向运输.
- 冰边缘的甲逃逸量与世界主要河流相美,氧化程度有限.
- 微生物活动利用埋藏的有机和无机碳是甲的可能来源.
结论:
- 冰盖拥有广泛的生物活跃的甲生态环境.
- 有效的冰下排水系统有助于大气中大量的甲出口.
- 冰盖是地球甲预算中被低估的一个组成部分,
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