Shrinking sea ice, increasing snowfall and thinning lake ice: a complex Arctic linkage explained
Abstract The dramatic shrinkage of Arctic sea ice is one of the starkest symptoms of global warming, with potentially severe and far-reaching impacts on arctic marine and terrestrial ecology (Post et al 2013 Science 341 519–24 ) and northern hemisphere climate (Screen et al 2015 Environ. Res. Lett ....
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crioppubl:10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/091004 2024-06-02T08:00:20+00:00 Shrinking sea ice, increasing snowfall and thinning lake ice: a complex Arctic linkage explained Brock, Ben W 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/091004 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/091004/pdf https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/091004 unknown IOP Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/text-and-data-mining Environmental Research Letters volume 11, issue 9, page 091004 ISSN 1748-9326 journal-article 2016 crioppubl https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/091004 2024-05-07T14:00:23Z Abstract The dramatic shrinkage of Arctic sea ice is one of the starkest symptoms of global warming, with potentially severe and far-reaching impacts on arctic marine and terrestrial ecology (Post et al 2013 Science 341 519–24 ) and northern hemisphere climate (Screen et al 2015 Environ. Res. Lett . 10 084006 ). In their recent article, Alexeev et al (2016 Environ . Res . Lett . 11 074022 ) highlight another, and unexpected, consequence of Arctic sea ice retreat: the thinning of lake ice in northern Alaska. This is attributed to early winter ‘ocean effect’ snowfall which insulates lake surfaces and inhibits the formation of deep lake ice. Lake ice thinning has important consequences for Arctic lake hydrology, biology and permafrost degradation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Global warming Ice permafrost Sea ice Alaska IOP Publishing Arctic Arctic Lake ENVELOPE(-130.826,-130.826,57.231,57.231) Environmental Research Letters 11 9 091004 |
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Abstract The dramatic shrinkage of Arctic sea ice is one of the starkest symptoms of global warming, with potentially severe and far-reaching impacts on arctic marine and terrestrial ecology (Post et al 2013 Science 341 519–24 ) and northern hemisphere climate (Screen et al 2015 Environ. Res. Lett . 10 084006 ). In their recent article, Alexeev et al (2016 Environ . Res . Lett . 11 074022 ) highlight another, and unexpected, consequence of Arctic sea ice retreat: the thinning of lake ice in northern Alaska. This is attributed to early winter ‘ocean effect’ snowfall which insulates lake surfaces and inhibits the formation of deep lake ice. Lake ice thinning has important consequences for Arctic lake hydrology, biology and permafrost degradation. |
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Shrinking sea ice, increasing snowfall and thinning lake ice: a complex Arctic linkage explained |
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Shrinking sea ice, increasing snowfall and thinning lake ice: a complex Arctic linkage explained |
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Shrinking sea ice, increasing snowfall and thinning lake ice: a complex Arctic linkage explained |
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shrinking sea ice, increasing snowfall and thinning lake ice: a complex arctic linkage explained |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/091004 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/091004/pdf https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/091004 |
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Arctic Global warming Ice permafrost Sea ice Alaska |
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Arctic Global warming Ice permafrost Sea ice Alaska |
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Environmental Research Letters volume 11, issue 9, page 091004 ISSN 1748-9326 |
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