The variability of sea ice in the Fram Strait throughout glacial-interglacial transitions of the Late Quaternary (MIS 11 to MIS 1)

• Main Author: Kremer, Anne
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; East Greenland; Fram Strait; Greenland; Ice Sheet; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; Svalbard; Svalbard-Barents Sea Ice sheet; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/52076/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.ad7cef1c-067f-41e8-85d0-ca7435b23dfd

Given the pivotal role of Arctic sea ice in the global climate system, its excessive loss over the last decades is highly concerning. According to common climate models, an ice-free Arctic Ocean during summer may be reached by the middle of the century. While these profound changes are clearly visib...