The future of the Arctic: what does it mean for sea ice and small creatures?
The warming of our planet is changing the Arctic dramatically. The area covered by sea-ice is shrinking and the ice that is left is younger and thinner. We took part in an expedition to the Arctic, to study how these changes affect organisms living in and under the ice. Following this expedition, we...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:141818 2023-05-15T14:23:59+02:00 The future of the Arctic: what does it mean for sea ice and small creatures? Kauko, HM Fernandez-Mendez, M Meyer, A Rosel, A Itkin, P Graham, RM Pavlov, AK 2020 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.00097 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/141818 en eng Frontiers Research Foundation http://ecite.utas.edu.au/141818/1/141818 - The future of the Arctic - what does it mean for sea ice and small creatures.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.00097 Kauko, HM and Fernandez-Mendez, M and Meyer, A and Rosel, A and Itkin, P and Graham, RM and Pavlov, AK, The future of the Arctic: what does it mean for sea ice and small creatures?, Frontiers for Young Minds, 8 Article 97. ISSN 2296-6846 (2020) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/141818 Earth Sciences Oceanography Biological oceanography Contribution to Refereed Journal PeerReviewed 2020 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.00097 2020-12-21T23:16:25Z The warming of our planet is changing the Arctic dramatically. The area covered by sea-ice is shrinking and the ice that is left is younger and thinner. We took part in an expedition to the Arctic, to study how these changes affect organisms living in and under the ice. Following this expedition, we found that storms can more easily break the thinner ice. Storms form cracks in the sea ice, allowing sunlight to pass into the water below, which makes algal growth possible. Algae are microscopic plants that grow in water or sea ice. Storms also brought thick heavy snow, which pushed the ice surface below the water. This flooded the snow and created slush. We discovered that this slush is another good habitat for algae. If Arctic sea ice continues to thin, and storms become more common, we expect that these algal habitats will become more important in the future. Text Arctic Arctic Sea ice eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Arctic Frontiers for Young Minds 8 |
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The warming of our planet is changing the Arctic dramatically. The area covered by sea-ice is shrinking and the ice that is left is younger and thinner. We took part in an expedition to the Arctic, to study how these changes affect organisms living in and under the ice. Following this expedition, we found that storms can more easily break the thinner ice. Storms form cracks in the sea ice, allowing sunlight to pass into the water below, which makes algal growth possible. Algae are microscopic plants that grow in water or sea ice. Storms also brought thick heavy snow, which pushed the ice surface below the water. This flooded the snow and created slush. We discovered that this slush is another good habitat for algae. If Arctic sea ice continues to thin, and storms become more common, we expect that these algal habitats will become more important in the future. |
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