Late Quaternary sea-ice history of northern Fram Strait/Arctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Kremer, Anne, Stein, Rüdiger, Fahl, Kirsten, Matthiessen, Jens, Forwick, Matthias, O'Regan, Matt
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: albedo; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Fram Strait; ice algae; Sea ice; Svalbard; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44280/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44280/1/EGU2016-6838.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.50616; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.50616.d001

One of the main characteristics of the Arctic Ocean is its seasonal to perennial sea-ice cover. Variations of sea-ice conditions affect the Earth’s albedo, primary production, rate of deep-water etc. During the last decades, a drastic decrease in sea ice has been recorded, and the causes of which, i...