Projects funded by the NCN
Accumulation of atmospheric contaminants in cryoconites localized in polar region
2016/21/B/ST10/02327
Keywords:
cryoconites radionuclides heavy metals Arctic
Descriptors:
- ST10_4: Geochemistry, biogeochemistry
- ST10_7: Geomorphology, cryosphere, global and regional changes of the Earth's landscape
- ST10_16: Changes/shaping and protection of the natural environment
Panel:
ST10 - Earth sciences: Earth system science, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geoecology, geophysics, physical geography, geoinformatics, planetary geology, pedology, mining, chemical and physical oceanology, environmental protection
Host institution :
Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
woj. małopolskie
Principal investigator (from the host institution):
Number of co-investigators in the project: 4
Call: OPUS 11 - announced on 2016-03-15
Amount awarded: 279 500 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-02-22
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-02-21
Project duration:: 24 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Project settled
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- Publication in academic press/journals (6)
- Airborne radionuclides and heavy metals in High Arctic terrestrial environment as the indicators of sources and transfers of contaminationAuthors:Łokas E., Zaborska A., Sobota I., Gaca P., Milton A., Kocurek K., Cwanek A.Academic press:The Cryosphere (rok: 2019, tom: 13 (7), strony: 2075-2086), Wydawca: Copernicus PublicationsStatus:PublishedDOI:10.5194/tc-2019-34 - link to the publication
- The sources of high airborne radioactivity in cryoconite holes from the Caucasus (Georgia)Authors:Łokas E., Zawierucha K., Cwanek A., Gaca P., Mietelski J.W., Tomankiewicz E.Academic press:Scientific Reports (rok: 2018, tom: 8 nr 10802, strony: 45301), Wydawca: Nature Research JournalStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1038/s41598-018-29076-4 - link to the publication
- Cryoconite: an efficient accumulator of radioactive fallout in glacial environmentsAuthors:Giovanni Baccolo, Edyta Łokas, Paweł Gaca, Dario Massabò, Roberto Ambrosini, Roberto S. Azzoni, Caroline Clason, Biagio Di Mauro, Andrea Franzetti, Massimiliano Nastasi, Michele Prata, Paolo Prati, Ezio Previtali, Barbara Delmonte, Valter MaggiAcademic press:The Cryosphere (rok: 2020, tom: 14 (2), strony: 657-672), Wydawca: Copernicus PublicationsStatus:PublishedDOI:10.5194/tc-14-657-2020 - link to the publication
- 90Sr level and behaviour in the terrestrial environment of SpitsbergenAuthors:Anna Cwanek, Edyta Łokas, Chau Nguyen Dinh, Piotr Zagórski, Shiv Mohan Singh, Katarzyna Szufa, Ewa TomankiewiczAcademic press:Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (rok: 2021, tom: 327(1), strony: 485-494), Wydawca: SpringerStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1007/s10967-020-07492-z - link to the publication
- Snapshot of micro-animals and associated biotic and abiotic environmental variables on the edge of the south-west Greenland ice sheetAuthors:Zawierucha K., Buda J., Pietryka M., Richter D., Łokas E., Lehmann-Konera S., Makowska N., Bogdziewicz M.Academic press:Limnology (rok: 2018, tom: 19, strony: 141-150), Wydawca: SpringerStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1007/s10201-017-0528-9 - link to the publication
- Biotope and biocenosis of cryoconite hole ecosystems on Ecology Glacier in the maritime AntarcticAuthors:Buda, J., Łokas, E., Pietryka, M., Richter, D., Magowski, W., Iakovenko, N. S., ... & Zawierucha, K.Academic press:Science of the Total Environment (rok: 2020, tom: 724, strony: 138112), Wydawca: ElsevierStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138112 - link to the publication