As soil erosion is the major threat to one of the most essential resources of humankind,
methods to quantify soil redistribution are crucial for agro-environmental assessment as well …

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 …

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 …

Glacier mice are peculiar rolling or stationary moss balls found on the surface of some
glaciers. They may harbour an ecological habitat for cold-adapted invertebrates and …

The subalpine, atmospherically fed Śnieżka peatland, located in the Polish part of the
Sudetes, is one of the nominated candidates for the GSSP of the Anthropocene. Data from …

Cryoconite is rich in natural and artificial radioactivity, but a discussion about its ability to
accumulate radionuclides is lacking. A characterization of cryoconite from two Alpine …

Under climatic warming, glaciers are becoming a secondary source of atmospheric
contaminants originally released into the environment decades ago. This phenomenon has …

This study is a first survey of the occurrence of artificial (137 Cs, 241 Am, 207 Bi, Pu
isotopes) and natural (210 Pb, 228 Ac, 214 Bi, 40 K) radionuclides in Norwegian cryoconite …

Cryoconite granules are mixtures of mineral particles, organic substances and organisms on
the surface of glaciers where they decrease the ice albedo and are responsible for formation …

Despite recent great interest in glacier ecosystems in the continental Antarctic, little is known
about their maritime counterparts. Our study presents descriptive data on cryoconite …