Advances in Chinese and international biogeochemistry research in the western Arctic Ocean: a review

• Main Authors: Jianfang, Chen, Cobo-Viveros, Alba Marina, Haiyan, Jin, Liqi, Chen, Min, Chen, Zhongqiao, Li, Yanpei, Zhuang, Liyang, Zhan, Zhongyong, Gao, Jian, Ren
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2017
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Oceans; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; Advances in Polar Science; Chukchi; Climate change; Global warming; Ocean acidification; Pacific Arctic; Polar Science; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2642/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2642/1/A180411000002.pdf

Over the past decades, the Arctic Ocean has experienced rapid warming under climate change, which has dramatically altered its physical and biogeochemical properties. Reduction in the sea-ice cover is one of the most important driving forces of biogeochemical changes in the Arctic Ocean. Between 1999 and 2016, seven Chinese National Arctic Research Expeditions have taken place in the Bering and Chukchi seas, allowing assessment of the biogeochemical response of the western Arctic Ocean to global warming. Herein, we summarize advances in Chinese and international marine biogeochemistry research in the western Arctic Ocean, reviewing results from the Chinese expeditions and highlighting future trends of biogeochemistry in the Pacific Arctic region. The findings reported in this paper contribute towards a better understanding of water masses, greenhouse gases, nutrients, ocean acidification, and organic carbon export and burial processes in this region.