Spatially consistent microbial biomass and future cellular carbon release from melting Northern Hemisphere glacier surfaces

Ian T. Stevens; Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn; Arwyn Edwards; Andrew C. Mitchell; Joseph M. Cook; Philip R. Porter; Tom O. Holt; Matthias Huss; Xavier Fettweis; Brian J. Moorman; Birgit Sattler; Andy J. Hodson

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00609-0

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

Spatially consistent microbial biomass and future cellular carbon release from melting Northern Hemisphere glacier surfaces

Ian T. Stevens,
Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn,
Arwyn Edwards,
Andrew C. Mitchell,
Joseph M. Cook,
Philip R. Porter,
Tom O. Holt,
Matthias Huss,
Xavier Fettweis,
Brian J. Moorman,
Birgit Sattler,
Andy J. Hodson

Affiliations

Ian T. Stevens: Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University
Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University
Arwyn Edwards: Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University
Andrew C. Mitchell: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University
Joseph M. Cook: Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University
Philip R. Porter: Geography, Environment and Agriculture, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire
Tom O. Holt: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University
Matthias Huss: Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zürich
Xavier Fettweis: Department of Geography, University of Liege
Brian J. Moorman: Department of Geography, University of Calgary
Birgit Sattler: Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Austrian Polar Research Institute
Andy J. Hodson: Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00609-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Average microbial biomass loads in glacial melt water are similar despite different environmental settings allowing for estimation of regional carbon export from melting glacier surfaces, according to direct observations at eight northern hemisphere glaciers and two Greenland Ice Sheet sites.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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