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Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1627-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1627-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
Research article
 | 
01 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 01 Apr 2021

Heterogeneous CO2 and CH4 content of glacial meltwater from the Greenland Ice Sheet and implications for subglacial carbon processes

Andrea J. Pain, Jonathan B. Martin, Ellen E. Martin, Åsa K. Rennermalm, and Shaily Rahman

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1627-2021-supplement

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Hydrogeochemistry of Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams, 2017-2018 Andrea Pain, Jonathan Martin, Ellen Martin, and Shaily Rahman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2PC2T94T

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The greenhouse gases (GHGs) methane and carbon dioxide can be produced or consumed by geochemical processes under the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). Chemical signatures and concentrations of GHGs in GrIS discharge show that organic matter remineralization produces GHGs in some locations, but mineral weathering dominates and consumes CO2 in other locations. Local processes will therefore determine whether melting of the GrIS is a positive or negative feedback on climate change driven by GHG forcing.
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