Ozone pollution from future ship traffic in the Arctic northern passages
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With sea ice expected to recede in the Arctic during the 21st century as a result of projected climate warming, global shipping patterns will change considerably in the decades ahead. The opening of viable shipping routes through the Northern passages will generate new environmental problems including the degradation of air quality in the Arctic. The release of considerable amounts of carbon monoxide, nitric oxide and other chemical substances by the ship's combustion engines will enhance the level of atmospheric photooxidants and other secondary pollutants in this region. Here we show that, during the summer months, surface ozone concentrations in the Arctic could be enhanced by a factor of 2–3 in the decades ahead as a consequence of ship operations through the northern passages. Projected ozone concentrations of 40–60 ppbv from July to September are comparable to summertime values currently observed in many industrialized regions in the Northern Hemisphere.
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More recent Arctic-wide simulations using the Winther et al. (2014) emissions investigated the impacts of future shipping and found significant increases in ozone concentrations particularly along the northern Norwegian coast, the Barents Sea, and off the northern coast of Alaska.
“More recent Arctic-wide simulations using the Winther et al. (2014) emissions investigated the impacts of future shipping and found signi fi cant increases in ozone concentrations particularly along the northern Norwegian coast, the Barents Sea, and off the northern coast of Alaska (Law et al., 2017) in line with prior estimates (Dalsøren et al., 2007; Granier et al., 2006).”
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Future shipping may lead to significant increases in ozone levels, introducing a potential extra burden on already stressed Arctic ecosystems.
“As discussed earlier, future shipping may also lead to signi fi cant increases in ozone levels (Granier et al., 2006; Marelle et al., 2016) thus introducing a potential extra burden on the already stressed Arctic ecosystems.”
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- Authors
- Granier, C., Niemeier, U., Jungclaus, J. H., Emmons, L., Hess, P., Lamarque, J., Walters, S., & Brasseur, G. P.
- Affiliations
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (DE)
- NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 2006-07
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- L13807
- ISSN
- 0094-8276 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-8007
- OpenAlex
- W1986105688
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 5.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Geophysical Research Letters (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
- Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Keywords
- ship emissions, Arctic air pollution, surface ozone, Northern Sea Route, Arctic shipping routes, sea ice decline, global warming, photochemical oxidants, secondary pollutants, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, combustion engines, emission projections
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