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A ship sails through sea ice.
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Arctic Shipping Routes Are Feeling the Heat

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 6 July 202218 October 2022

Climate science and the global shipping industry collide in an ice-poor Arctic.

Scientists collect samples from algal mats dotting the surface of sea ice in the Arctic.
Posted inNews

Algal Mats May Be a Key to the Arctic Food Web

by Fanni Daniella Szakal 27 June 20226 January 2023

Melt ponds in sea ice have thriving algal communities with startlingly high levels of photosynthetic activity.

Figures from the paper, showing simulated Ural blocking event.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Arctic Sea Ice is Crucial for Forecasting Ural Blocking

by Yimin Liu 12 May 202221 December 2022

By solving the nonlinear optimization problem, sea ice concentration in Greenland, Barents and Okhotsk Seas is found crucial for prediction of strong and long-lasting Ural blocking formation.

A large iceberg floats amid a field of sea ice.
Posted inScience Updates

New Perspectives on the Enigma of Expanding Antarctic Sea Ice

by Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, Ian Eisenman, Sally Zhang, Shantong Sun and Aaron Donohoe 11 February 2022

Recent research offers new insights on Antarctic sea ice, which, despite global warming, has increased in overall extent over the past 40 years.

A person faces the sea from an ice floe where a kayak is docked.
Posted inNews

Could AI Be Useful for Arctic Communities Facing Sea Ice Loss?

by Humberto Basilio 28 October 202130 May 2024

The forecasting tool IceNet promises to be a useful tool for evaluating sea ice loss in the Arctic. But ethical and logistic considerations have to be taken before scientific and Indigenous communities start working together.

An icy Arctic vista is seen from a slight elevation. The landscape contains patches of white ice and randomly positioned pools of meltwater. Four scientists, small and seen from a distance, stand on the ice on the right side of the image.
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Melting Arctic Sea Ice Strengthens Tides

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 October 20213 January 2023

If climate change throws off the seasonal freeze-thaw cycle of Arctic sea ice, it could trigger a reinforcing cycle of sea ice melt in parts of the Canadian Arctic.

A dark cloud bank hovers over the water off of a rocky beach
Posted inFeatures

Los retos de predecir las pequeñas, pero intensas, depresiones polares

by M. Moreno-Ibáñez 7 October 20218 September 2022

Estas intensas tormentas marítimas suponen una amenaza para las comunidades costeras y las actividades económicas de las altas latitudes y puede que influencien el clima y la circulación oceánica.

Sea ice floats in the southern Arctic Ocean.
Posted inNews

When Wild Weather Blew Old Sea Ice South

by Andrew Chapman 16 September 202129 March 2023

Last winter, an unprecedented high-pressure system over the Arctic drove nearly a quarter of old sea ice into warmer waters, putting it at greater risk of melting.

A dark cloud bank hovers over the water off of a rocky beach
Posted inFeatures

The Challenges of Forecasting Small, But Mighty, Polar Lows

by M. Moreno-Ibáñez 3 September 20218 September 2022

These intense maritime storms pose threats to high-latitude coastal communities and economic activities and may influence climate and ocean circulation.

流经西伯利亚的额尔齐斯河
Posted inResearch Spotlights

300万年前,额尔齐斯河推动了北极海冰的扩张

by David Shultz 25 August 202129 September 2021

西伯利亚河的形成导致大量淡水流入喀拉海,从根本上改变了北冰洋和地球的气候。

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