Accelerated sea ice loss in the Wandel Sea points to a change in the Arctic’s Last Ice Area

• Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Schweiger, Axel J., Steele, Michael, Zhang, Jinlun, Moore, G. W. K., Laidre, Kristin L.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Wandel; Climate change; Sea ice; Wandel Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00197-5; http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00197-5.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00197-5

Abstract The Arctic Ocean’s Wandel Sea is the easternmost sector of the Last Ice Area, where thick, old sea ice is expected to endure longer than elsewhere. Nevertheless, in August 2020 the area experienced record-low sea ice concentration. Here we use satellite data and sea ice model experiments to...