Global environmental changes not only contribute to the modification of global pollution
transport pathways but can also alter contaminant fate within the Arctic. Recent reports …

Cryoconite is granular sediment found on glacier surfaces comprising both mineral and
biological material. Despite long having been recognised as an important glaciological and …

With a unique multi-sphere environmental system, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays an
essential role in the ecological sheltering function for China and other parts of Asia …

Svalbard is an important study area for investigating the long-range transport of mercury
(Hg) and other trace elements to the Arctic. Few studies have focused on their …

Capitalism, understood as a world-ecology that joins accumulation, power, and nature in
dialectical unity, has been adept at evading so-called Malthusian dynamics through an …

Surface of glaciers is covered by mineral and organic dust, together with microorganisms
forming cryoconite granules. Despite fact that glaciers and ice sheets constitute significance …

Despite being a remote location, the Arctic is a major receptor for anthropogenic pollution
transported from the mid-latitudes. Vegetation and underlying organic soils in the Norwegian …

Cryoconite holes have biogeochemical, ecological and biotechnological importance. This
communication presents results on culturable psychrophilic bacterial diversity from …

The active mining activities have occurred intensively in Yamal Peninsula, Russia Actic,
which may cause hazardous effects on local workers and indigenous Inuts …

Fourteen Arctic bacterial strains belonging to five genera, Cryobacterium, Leifsonia,
Polaromonas, Pseudomonas, and Subtercola isolated from sediments found in cryoconite …