Phytoplankton dynamics in a changing Arctic Ocean

M Ardyna, KR Arrigo - Nature Climate Change, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the Arctic atmosphere, cryosphere and Ocean are drastically altering
the dynamics of phytoplankton, the base of marine ecosystems. This Review addresses four …

[HTML][HTML] Ice sheets matter for the global carbon cycle

JL Wadham, JR Hawkings, L Tarasov… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The cycling of carbon on Earth exerts a fundamental influence upon the greenhouse gas
content of the atmosphere, and hence global climate over millennia. Until recently, ice …

High mountain areas

R Hock, G Rasul, C Adler, B Cáceres, S Gruber… - IPCC special report on …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

[HTML][HTML] Key indicators of Arctic climate change: 1971–2017

JE Box, WT Colgan, TR Christensen… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Key observational indicators of climate change in the Arctic, most spanning a 47 year period
(1971–2017) demonstrate fundamental changes among nine key elements of the Arctic …

Glacier shrinkage driving global changes in downstream systems

AM Milner, K Khamis, TJ Battin… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Glaciers cover∼ 10% of the Earth's land surface, but they are shrinking rapidly across most
parts of the world, leading to cascading impacts on downstream systems. Glaciers impart …

Marine‐terminating glaciers sustain high productivity in Greenland fjords

L Meire, J Mortensen, P Meire… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Accelerated mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet leads to glacier retreat and an
increasing input of glacial meltwater to the fjords and coastal waters around Greenland …

[HTML][HTML] How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic?

MJ Hopwood, D Carroll, T Dunse, A Hodson… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Freshwater discharge from glaciers is increasing across the Arctic in response to
anthropogenic climate change, which raises questions about the potential downstream …

[HTML][HTML] Fjords as aquatic critical zones (ACZs)

TS Bianchi, S Arndt, WEN Austin, DI Benn… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the land-ocean aquatic continuum, commonly defined as the interface, or
transition zone, between terrestrial ecosystems and the open ocean, has undergone …

Marine anoxia linked to abrupt global warming during Earth's penultimate icehouse

J Chen, IP Montañez, S Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Piecing together the history of carbon (C) perturbation events throughout Earth's history has
provided key insights into how the Earth system responds to abrupt warming. Previous …

[HTML][HTML] Globally elevated chemical weathering rates beneath glaciers

X Li, N Wang, Y Ding, JR Hawkings, JC Yde… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Physical erosion and chemical weathering rates beneath glaciers are expected to increase
in a warming climate with enhanced melting but are poorly constrained. We present a global …