Postglacial paleoceanography of the western Barents Sea: Implications for alkenone-based sea surface temperatures and primary productivity

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Lacka, Magdalena, Cao, Min, Rosell-Melé, Antoni, Pawlowska, Joanna, Kucharska, Małgorzata, Forwick, Matthias, Zajaczkowski, Marek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Stratigraphy and paleontology: 461; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Stratigrafi og paleontologi: 461; Arctic; Barents Sea; Storfjordrenna; Svalbard; Sea ice; Zooplankton; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16822; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105973

The increasing influence of Atlantic Water (AW) in the Barents Sea, a process known as “Atlantification”, is gradually decreasing sea ice cover in the region. Ongoing global climate warming is likely to be one of its drivers, but to further understand the role of natural variability and the biogeoch...