Extreme summer melt: Assessing the habitability and physical structure of rotting first-year Arctic sea ice. Chukchi Sea, Alaska. 2015-2018

• Main Author: Karen Junge
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2017
• Subjects: sea ice, Arctic, ice melt, sea ice polymers, sea ice bacteria, algae, polymers; Barrow, Alaska; Chukchi Sea, Xray computed tomography; Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Rotten; albedo; Barrow; Chukchi; Extreme summer melt: Assessing the habitability and physical structure of rotting first-year Arctic sea ice; ice algae; ice core; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A28C9R366

The response of Arctic sea ice to a warming climate includes decreases in extent, lower ice concentration, and reduced ice thickness. Summer melt seasons are lengthening with earlier melt onsets and later autumn freezeups. We believe this will likely lead to an increase in so-called "rotten ice...