Shipping traffic through the Arctic Ocean: Spatial distribution, seasonal variation, and its dependence on the sea ice extent.
The reduction in sea ice cover with Arctic warming facilitates shipping through remarkably shorter shipping routes. Automatic identification system (AIS) is a powerful data source to monitor Arctic Ocean shipping. Based on the AIS data from an online platform, we quantified the spatial distribution...
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ftpubmed:39015147 2024-09-15T17:53:19+00:00 Shipping traffic through the Arctic Ocean: Spatial distribution, seasonal variation, and its dependence on the sea ice extent. Rodríguez, Jorge P Klemm, Konstantin Duarte, Carlos M Eguíluz, Víctor M 2024 Jul 19 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110236 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39015147 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11250895/ eng eng PubMed Central https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110236 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39015147 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11250895/ © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. iScience ISSN:2589-0042 Volume:27 Issue:7 Earth sciences Global change Oceanography Journal Article 2024 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110236 2024-07-18T16:03:00Z The reduction in sea ice cover with Arctic warming facilitates shipping through remarkably shorter shipping routes. Automatic identification system (AIS) is a powerful data source to monitor Arctic Ocean shipping. Based on the AIS data from an online platform, we quantified the spatial distribution of shipping through this area, its intensity, and the seasonal variation. Shipping was heterogeneously distributed with power-law exponents that depended on the vessel category. We contextualized the estimated exponents with the analytical distribution of a transit model in one and two dimensions. Fishing vessels had the largest spatial spread, while narrower shipping routes associated with cargo and tanker vessels had a width correlated with the sea ice area. The time evolution of these routes showed extended periods of shipping activity through the year. We used AIS data to quantify recent Arctic shipping, which brings an opportunity for shorter routes, but likely impacting the Arctic ecosystem. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ocean Sea ice PubMed Central (PMC) iScience 27 7 110236 |
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The reduction in sea ice cover with Arctic warming facilitates shipping through remarkably shorter shipping routes. Automatic identification system (AIS) is a powerful data source to monitor Arctic Ocean shipping. Based on the AIS data from an online platform, we quantified the spatial distribution of shipping through this area, its intensity, and the seasonal variation. Shipping was heterogeneously distributed with power-law exponents that depended on the vessel category. We contextualized the estimated exponents with the analytical distribution of a transit model in one and two dimensions. Fishing vessels had the largest spatial spread, while narrower shipping routes associated with cargo and tanker vessels had a width correlated with the sea ice area. The time evolution of these routes showed extended periods of shipping activity through the year. We used AIS data to quantify recent Arctic shipping, which brings an opportunity for shorter routes, but likely impacting the Arctic ecosystem. |
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Shipping traffic through the Arctic Ocean: Spatial distribution, seasonal variation, and its dependence on the sea ice extent. |
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Shipping traffic through the Arctic Ocean: Spatial distribution, seasonal variation, and its dependence on the sea ice extent. |
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Shipping traffic through the Arctic Ocean: Spatial distribution, seasonal variation, and its dependence on the sea ice extent. |
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Shipping traffic through the Arctic Ocean: Spatial distribution, seasonal variation, and its dependence on the sea ice extent. |
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Shipping traffic through the Arctic Ocean: Spatial distribution, seasonal variation, and its dependence on the sea ice extent. |
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shipping traffic through the arctic ocean: spatial distribution, seasonal variation, and its dependence on the sea ice extent. |
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