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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 838, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156049
Keywords
Arsenic; Arsenic release; Arsenic methylation; Arsenic volatilisation; Methylated thioarsenates
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- Swiss National Science Founda-tion (SNSF) [163661]
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The study suggests that elevated temperature increases arsenic mobility through volatilisation and methylation in Swiss soils.
Reductive dissolution is one of the main causes for arsenic (As) mobilisation in flooded soils while biomethylation and biovolatilisation are two microbial mechanisms that greatly influence the mobility and toxicity of As. Climate change results in more extreme weather events such as flooding and higher temperatures, potentially leading to an increase in As release and biotransformations. Here, we investigated the effects of flooding and temperature on As release, bio-methylation and biovolatilisation from As-rich soils with different pH and source of As (one acidic and anthropogenic (Salanfe) and one neutral and geogenic (Liesberg)). Flooded soils incubated at 23 degrees C for two weeks showed a -3-fold (Liesberg site) and -7-fold (Salanfe site) increase in the total As concentration of soil solution compared to those incubated at 18 degrees C. Methyl-and thio-As species were found in the acidic soil and soil solution. High temperatures enhanced thiolation and methylation although inorganic As was predominant. We also show that volatile As fluxes in-creased more than 4-fold between treatments, from 18 +/- 5 ng/kg/d at 18 degrees C to 75 +/- 6 ng/kg/d at 23 degrees C from Salanfe soil. Our results suggest that high As soils with acidic pH can become an important source of As to the surrounding environment according to realistic climatic scenarios, and that biovolatilisation is very sensitive to increases in temper-ature. This study provides new data and further justifies further investigations into climate-induced changes on As release and speciation and its links to important factors such as microbial ecology and sulfate or iron biogeochemistry. Synopsis: In the studied Swiss soils, elevated temperature increases arsenic mobility through volatilisation and methylation.
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