Featured on Titan: Langer et al. (2023): Thawing permafrost poses environmental threat

CBA associate professor Sebastian Westermann and colleagues published a new study in Nature Communications on the risk of environmental pollution following permafrost thawing with climate change around industrial and contaminated sites. Their study is now highlighted on Titan (in Norwegian).

Article photo from Titan.uio.no

Rørsystem for transport av olje i Alaskas villmark er eksempel på infrastruktur fundamentert på permafrost. Foto: Moritz Langer/AWI

The entire article can be read on Titan.uio.no in Norwegian.

The original publication can be found at the journal website.

Langer, M., von Deimling, T.S., Westermann, S., Rolph, R., Rutte, R., Antonova, S., Rachold, V., Schultz, M., Oehme, A., Grosse, G., 2023. Thawing permafrost poses environmental threat to thousands of sites with legacy industrial contamination. Nat Commun 14, 1721. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37276-4

Published Apr. 25, 2023 10:06 AM - Last modified Feb. 5, 2024 2:58 PM
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