Drivers, dynamics and impacts of changing Arctic coasts

AM Irrgang, M Bendixen, LM Farquharson… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Arctic coasts are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and
the loss of permafrost, sea ice and glaciers. Assessing the influence of anthropogenic …

Exploring global oceanic persistence and ecological effects of legacy persistent organic pollutants across five decades

X Zhang, L Li, Z Xie, J Ma, YF Li, M Cai, NQ Ren… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has intensified following regulatory
efforts aimed at reducing their release. In this context, we compiled over 10,000 POP …

[HTML][HTML] A combined sea and sea-ice surface temperature climate dataset of the Arctic, 1982–2021

P Nielsen-Englyst, JL Høyer, WM Kolbe… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The surface temperature is one of the main parameters for assessing climate change.
Temperature change is most pronounced in the Arctic, and therefore, it is crucial to …

Bering Sea marine heatwaves: Patterns, trends and connections with the Arctic

KS Carvalho, TE Smith, S Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
The conterminous marine system of the Bering Sea serves as an important connection
between the Pacific and the Arctic. Surface water temperatures of the Northern Pacific have …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling historical budget for β-Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) in the Arctic Ocean: A contrast to α-HCH

PF Yang, RW Macdonald, H Hung, DCG Muir… - Environmental Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The historical annual loading to, removal from, and cumulative burden in the Arctic Ocean
for β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH), an isomer comprising 5–12% of technical HCH, is …

Projected changes in abrupt shifts between dry and wet extremes over China through an ensemble of regional climate model simulations

H Chen, S Wang, J Zhu, B Zhang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The dry‐wet abrupt alternation (DWAA) event, which is defined as the phenomenon of dry
(or wet) spells abruptly following wet (or dry) spells, magnifies the influence of individual wet …

Changes in sea surface temperature and sea ice concentration in the Arctic Ocean over the past two decades

M Yang, Y Qiu, L Huang, M Cheng, J Chen, B Cheng… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
With global warming, the decrease in sea ice creates favorable conditions for Arctic
activities. Sea surface temperature (SST) is not only an important driven factor of sea ice …

Increases in Arctic sea ice algal habitat, 1985–2018

SM Lim, CM Payne, GL van Dijken, KR Arrigo - Elem Sci Anth, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
In the Arctic Ocean, sea ice algae are responsible for a small but seasonally important pulse
of primary production. Their persistence is threatened by the rapid loss of sea ice from the …

Remote sensing of glacier change (1965–2021) and identification of surge-type glaciers on Severnaya Zemlya, Russian High Arctic

H Wytiahlowsky, CR Stokes, DJA Evans - Journal of Glaciology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Glaciers in the Russian High Arctic have undergone accelerated mass loss due to
atmospheric and oceanic warming in the Barents–Kara Sea region. Most studies have …

Clouds Increasingly Influence Arctic Sea Surface Temperatures as CO2 Rises

A Sledd, TS L'Ecuyer, JE Kay… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As Arctic sea ice retreats during the melt season, the upper ocean warms in response to
atmospheric heat fluxes. Overall, clouds reduce these fluxes in summer, but how the …