Sea Ice in a Climate Change Context

This chapter is a description of the role and importance of sea ice and sea ice biota on large scales and in relation to the effects of climate change. The decrease in summer sea ice extent and thickness are evident and described in (5.1). A Case Study 4 based on our observations in the Fram Strait...

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Main Authors: Lund-Hansen, Lars Chresten, Søgaard, Dorte Haubjerg, Sorrell, Brian Keith, Gradinger, Rolf, Meiners, Klaus Martin
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2020
Subjects:
Atlantification
CO
Effects of climate change
Ice extent
Primary production
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Climate change
Fram Strait
Sea ice
Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/cf9ee7eb-ae5d-4913-8110-32374f196958
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37472-3_5
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85159498485&partnerID=8YFLogxK
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Summary:This chapter is a description of the role and importance of sea ice and sea ice biota on large scales and in relation to the effects of climate change. The decrease in summer sea ice extent and thickness are evident and described in (5.1). A Case Study 4 based on our observations in the Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean illustrates some of the consequences and effects of increased inflow of warm Atlantic water (5.2). The question whether more light in an ice-free water column will increase pelagic primary production in the Arctic Ocean, is addressed with a model (5.3). Sea ice plays an important role in the exchange of CO 2 between ocean and atmosphere and the sea ice CO 2 pump is described in (5.4).

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