The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication)

IF 0.5 Q4 ECOLOGY

Czech Polar Reports Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.5817/cpr2021-1-11

A. Alexander

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Abstract

Glacier cave visits are an important tourism activity on Svalbard with increasing popularity. This study investigates the thermal effect of touristic visits on the air temperature of a glacier cave on Longyearbreen, a small high-Arctic glacier. Short-term temperature perturbations of up to 1.59°C (42% local temperature increase) can be linked to human visitors. It is, however, unlikely that the local heat input from touristic visits is high enough to cause a lasting effect on the thermal regime of glacier caves and the surrounding ice.

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旅游对斯瓦尔巴群岛冰洞的热影响(短讯)

冰川洞穴参观是斯瓦尔巴群岛的一项重要旅游活动，越来越受欢迎。本文研究了游客对高北极小冰川朗伊尔布林冰洞气温的热效应。人类访客可导致高达1.59°C的短期温度扰动(当地温度升高42%)。然而，来自旅游的当地热量输入不太可能高到足以对冰川洞穴和周围冰的热状态产生持久影响。

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Czech Polar Reports Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

10.00%

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期刊介绍： Czech Polar Reports is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal. It is issued 2 times a year. The journal is dedicated to provide original research papers for sciences related to the polar regions and other planets with polar analogues. Czech Polar Reports covers the disciplines listed below. polar paleontology, geology, geochemistry, geomorphology, glaciology, climatology, hydrology, pedology, biochemistry, ecology, environmental science, microbiology, plant and animal biology including marine biology.