Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are chemical species that were deposited in the environment decades ago, but are still unaltered and influence living organisms until today. Recent high release rates of POPs have been measured in proglacial lake, and are attributed to storage within glacier ice.

During the interdisciplinary project GlacioPOP these processes were investigated and modeled in detail.

• (2016) Polychlorinated Biphenyls in a Temperate Alpine Glacier: 2.Model Results of Chemical Fate Processes
  
• (2016) A temperate alpine glacier as a reservoir of polychlorinated biphenyls: Model results of incorporation, transport, and release