Arctic waters on the verge of changing?
Satellite images document a decrease in Arctic ice cover in summer by 40% during the past 30 years. However, responsible processes and possible consequences of this decrease are little understood. The joint Russian-German project „Laptev Sea Polynya“ is coordinated by IFM-GEOMAR and aims to ascertai...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
IFM-GEOMAR
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15258/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15258/1/Bauch%20Kassens%20ifm-geomar-annual-report-2010-2.pdf http://www.geomar.de/fileadmin/content/service/presse/public-pubs/ifm-geomar-report-2010_web.pdf |
| Summary: | Satellite images document a decrease in Arctic ice cover in summer by 40% during the past 30 years. However, responsible processes and possible consequences of this decrease are little understood. The joint Russian-German project „Laptev Sea Polynya“ is coordinated by IFM-GEOMAR and aims to ascertain the causes and consequences of climate change and its essential mechanisms in the Arctic. Now the project scientists revealed a changed water mass distribution in the Siberian Laptev Sea which might be of consequence for ice formation in the whole Arctic. |
|---|