Recent Environmental Changes in the Arctic: A Review

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Morison, James, Aagaard, Knut, Steele, Mike
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Arctic Oscillation; climate change; Arctique; océan Arctique; oscillation arctique; changement climatique; Dorsale; La Dorsale; Makarov Basin; Mendeleyev; Mer de Beaufort; Pacific; Arctique*; Beaufort Sea; Climate change; Ice; Lomonosov Ridge; makarov basin; Océan Arctique; permafrost; Sea ice; pergélisol
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63924

Numerous recent observations indicate that the Arctic is undergoing a significant change. In the last decade, the hydrography of the Arctic Ocean has shifted, and the atmospheric circulation has undergone a change from the lower stratosphere to the surface. Typically the eastern Arctic Ocean, on the...