Can carbon storage in West Antarctic fjords have an impact on climate change, following glacier retreat?

dc.contributor.authorHunter, Billy
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Protection
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-05T15:25:09Z
dc.date.available2022-01-05T15:25:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-19
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 10 December 2021; Published online - 19 December 2021.en_US
dc.description.abstractZwerschke et al’s (2021) paper ‘Quantification of blue carbon pathways contributing to negative feedback on climate change following glacier retreat in West Antarctic fjords’ provides an interesting insight into the potential for Antarctic fjords to store carbon, following glacial retreat. The authors used ash free dry mass (AFDM) as a proxy for carbon content in the carbon content of sediments and microbenthic infauna within the fjords to estimate their carbon sequestration potential. This equates to between 0.05 and 0.19 % of the estimated carbon buried at the seafloor. Consequently, the paper’s assertion that these fjords could provide a negative feedback against climate change is tenuous when considered against the wider impacts of Antarctic deglaciation.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/387
dc.identifier.citationHunter, W.R. (2021) ‘Can carbon storage in West Antarctic fjords have an impact on climate change, following glacier retreat?’, Global Change Biology. Wiley. doi:10.1111/gcb.16047.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1354-1013
dc.identifier.issn1365-2486
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi-org.queens.ezp1.qub.ac.uk/10.1111/gcb.16047
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsCopyright 2021, John Wiley & Son. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher's policies. Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher.en_US
dc.titleCan carbon storage in West Antarctic fjords have an impact on climate change, following glacier retreat?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-12-10
dcterms.dateSubmitted2021-11-03

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