Continental and glacial runoff fingerprints in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the Inuit Nunangat ocean

• Main Authors: Rogalla, Birgit, Allen, Susan E., Colombo, Manuel, Myers, Paul G., Orians, Kristin J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Nares; Parry; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; Climate change; inuit; Nares strait; North Atlantic; Parry Channel; permafrost; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10511815.2

Rising temperatures and an acceleration of the hydrological cycle due to climate change are increasing river discharge, causing permafrost thaw, glacial melt, and a shift to a groundwater-dominated system in the Arctic. These changes are funnelled to coastal regions of the Arctic Ocean where the imp...