Antarctica is arguably the world's most important continent for influencing the Earth's climate
and ocean ecosystem function. The unique physico-chemical properties of the Southern …

Psychrophilic (cold-adapted) microorganisms make a major contribution to Earth's biomass
and perform critical roles in global biogeochemical cycles. The vast extent and …

Arctic wintertime sea-ice cores, characterized by a temperature gradient of− 2 to− 20° C,
were investigated to better understand constraints on bacterial abundance, activity, and …

Despite being one of the largest biomes on earth, sea ice ecosystems have only received
intensive study over the past 30 years. Sea ice is a unique habitat for assemblages of …

Sea ice is influential in regulating energy exchanges between the ocean and the
atmosphere, and has figured prominently in scientific studies of climate change and climate …

The origin of dissolved organic matter (DOM) within sea ice in coastal waters of the Baltic
Sea was investigated using parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis of DOM fluorescence. Sea …

We reexamine five processes that have been suggested to be important for the loss of salt
from sea ice. These processes are the initial fractionation of salt at the ice‐ocean interface …

Changes in the thermal, physical and optical properties of the snow–sea ice system and
feedbacks between various temporal and spatial scales affect accumulation of microalgae at …

We have attempted to evaluate the relative importance, compared to other possible sources,
of sea ice in supplying Fe to East Antarctic surface ocean waters. Samples of snow, brine …

Chiang, JCH, Y. Kushnir, and A. Giannini, 2002: Deconstructing Atlantic intertropical
convergence zone variability: Influence of the local cross-equatorial sea surface temperature …