| Climate change and global cycling of persistent organic pollutants: A critical review | |
| Wang, XP (Wang, XiaoPing)1,2; Sun, DC (Sun, DianChao)1,3; Yao, TD (Yao, TanDong)1,2; Wang, XP | |
| Source Publication | SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
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| 2016 | |
| Volume | 59Issue:10Pages:1899-1911 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11430-016-5073-0 |
| Abstract | Climate warming, one of the main features of global change, has exerted indelible impacts on the environment, among which the impact on the transport and fate of pollutants has aroused widespread concern. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a class of pollutants that are transported worldwide. Determining the impact of climate warming on the global cycling of POPs is important for understanding POP cycling processes and formulating relevant environmental policies. In this review, the main research findings in this field over the past ten years are summarized and the effects of climate warming on emissions, transport, storage, degradation and toxicity of POPs are reviewed. This review also summarizes the primary POP fate models and their application. Additionally, research gaps and future research directions are identified and suggested. Under the influence of climate change, global cycling of POPs mainly shows the following responses. (1) Global warming directly promotes the secondary emission of POPs; for example, temperature rise will cause POPs to be re-released from soils and oceans, and melting glaciers and permafrost can re-release POPs into freshwater ecosystems. (2) Global extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, result in the redistribution of POPs through intense soil erosion. (3) The changes in atmospheric circulation and ocean currents have significantly influenced the global transport of POPs. (4) Climate warming has altered marine biological productivity, which has changed the POP storage capacity of the ocean. (5) Aquatic and terrestrial food-chain structures have undergone significant changes, which could lead to amplification of POP toxicity in ecosystems. (6) Overall, warming accelerates the POP volatilization process and increases the amount of POPs in the environment, although global warming facilitates their degradation at the same time. (7) Various models have predicted the future environmental behaviors of POPs. These models are used to assist governments in comprehensively considering the impact of global warming on the environmental fate of POPs and therefore controlling POPs effectively. Future studies should focus on the synergistic effects of global changes on the cycling of POPs. Additionally, the interactions among global carbon cycling, water cycling and POP cycling will be a new research direction for better understanding the adaptation of ecosystems to climate change. |
| Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000384567300001 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Keyword | Polycyclic Aromatic-hydrocarbons General-circulation Model Long-range Transport Mt. Qomolangma Everest Vector-borne Diseases Air-water Exchange Polychlorinated-biphenyls Organochlorine Pesticides Environmental Fate Ice Core |
| Cooperation Status | 国内 |
| Department | 环境 |
| Subtype | Review |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7591 |
| Collection | 图书馆 |
| Corresponding Author | Wang, XP |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wang, XP ,Sun, DC ,Yao, TD ,et al. Climate change and global cycling of persistent organic pollutants: A critical review[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2016,59(10):1899-1911. |
| APA | Wang, XP ,Sun, DC ,Yao, TD ,&Wang, XP.(2016).Climate change and global cycling of persistent organic pollutants: A critical review.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,59(10),1899-1911. |
| MLA | Wang, XP ,et al."Climate change and global cycling of persistent organic pollutants: A critical review".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 59.10(2016):1899-1911. |
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