Mechanisms associated with the rapid decline in sea ice cover around a stranded ship in the Lazarev Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Jena, B., Bajish, C.C., Turner, J., Ravichandran, M., Kshitija, S., Anilkumar, N., Singh, A.K., Pradhan, P.K., Ray, Y., Saini, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Freed; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531855/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969722004715

In the satellite data era starting from 1979, the extent of Antarctic sea ice increased moderately for the first 37 years. However, the extent decreased to record low levels from 2016 to 2020, with the drop being greatest in the Weddell and Lazarev Seas of the Southern Ocean. An important question f...