Arctic Air Pollution: Origins and Impacts
Abstract
Notable warming trends have been observed in the Arctic. Although increased human-induced emissions of long-lived greenhouse gases are certainly the main driving factor, air pollutants, such as aerosols and ozone, are also important. Air pollutants are transported to the Arctic, primarily from Eurasia, leading to high concentrations in winter and spring (Arctic haze). Local ship emissions and summertime boreal forest fires may also be important pollution sources. Aerosols and ozone could be perturbing the radiative budget of the Arctic through processes specific to the region: Absorption of solar radiation by aerosols is enhanced by highly reflective snow and ice surfaces; deposition of light-absorbing aerosols on snow or ice can decrease surface albedo; and tropospheric ozone forcing may also be contributing to warming in this region. Future increases in pollutant emissions locally or in mid-latitudes could further accelerate global warming in the Arctic.
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There are no reliable measures on the rate and volume of pollutants from lower latitudes that are transported into the Arctic.
“there are no reliable measures on the rate and volume of pollutants from lower latitudes that are transported into the Arctic (Law and Stohl, 2007; Arnold et al ., 2016).”
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“We interpret these results as a consequence of reduced solar radiation, attributable to increasing aerosol concentrations (Quinn et al., 2007) due to elevated industrial emissions since the 1930s both emitted in and transported to the Arctic (Law and Stohl, 2007).”
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- Authors
- Law, K. S., & Stohl, A.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2007-03-16
- Volume
- 315
- Issue
- 5818
- Pages
- 1537-1540
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1968654384
- Cited by
- 459
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 14.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Keywords
- Arctic air pollution, Arctic haze, long-range transport, aerosols, tropospheric ozone, radiative forcing, snow and ice albedo, light-absorbing aerosols, ship emissions, boreal forest fires, Arctic warming, greenhouse gases
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