Climate change drives rapid decadal acidification in the Arctic Ocean from 1994 to 2020

D Qi, Z Ouyang, L Chen, Y Wu, R Lei, B Chen… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The Arctic Ocean has experienced rapid warming and sea ice loss in recent decades,
becoming the first open-ocean basin to experience widespread aragonite undersaturation …

Arctic marine ecosystems face increasing climate stress

JC Deb, SA Bailey - Environmental Reviews, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Arctic warming is occurring at a much faster rate than in other parts of the globe, with
potentially devastating consequences for the diverse array of species within ecologically …

Sea-ice loss amplifies summertime decadal CO2 increase in the western Arctic Ocean

Z Ouyang, D Qi, L Chen, T Takahashi, W Zhong… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Rapid climate warming and sea-ice loss have induced major changes in the sea surface
partial pressure of CO2 (p CO 2). However, the long-term trends in the western Arctic Ocean …

Changes in the Arctic Ocean carbon cycle with diminishing ice cover

M DeGrandpre, W Evans… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Less than three decades ago only a small fraction of the Arctic Ocean (AO) was ice free and
then only for short periods. The ice cover kept sea surface pCO2 at levels lower relative to …

Strong and regionally distinct links between ice‐retreat timing and phytoplankton production in the Arctic Ocean

H Song, R Ji, M **, Y Li, Z Feng… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent rapid sea‐ice changes in the Arctic Ocean have been widely considered to alter
phytoplankton bloom timing and primary production, but the magnitude and regionality of …

Freshening leads to a three-decade trend of declining nutrients in the western Arctic Ocean

Y Zhuang, H **, WJ Cai, H Li, M **… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Rapid warming and sea-ice loss in the Arctic Ocean are among the most profound climatic
changes to have occurred in recent decades on Earth. Arctic Ocean biological production …

The Changing CO2 Sink in the Western Arctic Ocean From 1994 to 2019

Z Ouyang, Y Li, D Qi, W Zhong, A Murata… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Arctic Ocean has turned from a perennial ice‐covered ocean into a seasonally
ice‐free ocean in recent decades. Such a shift in the air‐ice‐sea interface has resulted in …

Two decades of ocean acidification in the surface waters of the Beaufort Gyre, Arctic Ocean: Effects of sea ice melt and retreat from 1997–2016

Y Zhang, M Yamamoto‐Kawai… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic CO2 uptake drives ocean acidification and so decreases the calcium
carbonate (CaCO3) saturation state (Ω). Undersaturation of surface water with respect to …

Exploring Drivers of Historic Mercury Trends in Beluga Whales Using an Ecosystem Modeling Approach

EJ Gillies, ML Li, V Christensen, C Hoover… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
While mercury occurs naturally in the environment, human activity has significantly disturbed
its biogeochemical cycle. Inorganic mercury entering aquatic systems can be transformed …

Interannual variability in methane and nitrous oxide concentrations and sea‐air fluxes across the North American Arctic Ocean (2015–2019)

CCM Manning, Z Zheng, L Fenwick… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Between 2015 and 2018, we collected approximately 2,000 water column measurements of
methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) concentrations in the North American Arctic Ocean …