Greater role for Atlantic inflows on sea-ice loss in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean

Losing its character The eastern Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean is on the far side of the North Pole from the Atlantic, but it is becoming more like its larger neighbor as the climate warms. Polyakov et al. show that this region is also evolving toward a state of weakened stratification with inc...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Polyakov, Igor V., Pnyushkov, Andrey V., Alkire, Matthew B., Ashik, Igor M., Baumann, Till M., Carmack, Eddy C., Goszczko, Ilona, Guthrie, John, Ivanov, Vladimir V., Kanzow, Torsten, Krishfield, Richard, Kwok, Ronald, Sundfjord, Arild, Morison, James, Rember, Robert, Yulin, Alexander
Other Authors: National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fram Centre Arctic Ocean flagship programme, Russian Science Foundation
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017
Subjects:
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
Sea ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aai8204
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.aai8204
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Summary:Losing its character The eastern Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean is on the far side of the North Pole from the Atlantic, but it is becoming more like its larger neighbor as the climate warms. Polyakov et al. show that this region is also evolving toward a state of weakened stratification with increased vertical mixing, release of oceanic heat, and less sea ice. These changes could have considerable impacts on other geophysical and biogeochemical aspects of the Arctic Ocean system and presage a fundamentally new Arctic climate state. Science , this issue p. 285

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