Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6362553 | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2010 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Current predictions as to the impacts of climate change in general and Arctic climate change in particular are such that a wide range of processes relevant to Arctic contaminants are potentially vulnerable. Of these, radioactive contaminants and the processes that govern their transport and fate may be particularly susceptible to the effects of a changing Arctic climate. This paper explores the potential changes in the physical system of the Arctic climate system as they are deducible from present day knowledge and model projections. As a contribution to a better preparedness regarding Arctic marine contamination with radioactivity we present and discuss how a changing marine physical environment may play a role in altering the current understanding pertaining to behavior of contaminant radionuclides in the marine environment of the Arctic region.
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Authors
Michael Karcher, Ingo Harms, William J.F. Standring, Mark Dowdall, Per Strand,