A rigorous synthesis of the sea-ice ecosystem and linked ecosystem services highlights that
the sea-ice ecosystem supports all 4 ecosystem service categories, that sea-ice ecosystems …

Observations from the last decade suggest an important role of sea ice in the global
biogeochemical cycles, promoted by (i) active biological and chemical processes within the …

Marine ecosystems at high latitudes are characterized by extreme seasonal changes in light
conditions, as well as a limited period of high primary production during spring and early …

The Los Alamos sea ice model (CICE) is the result of an effort to develop a computationally
efficient sea ice component for a fully coupled atmosphere–land global climate model. It was …

In recent years, a novel proxy for the past occurrence of Arctic sea ice has been proposed
that is based on the variable marine sedimentary abundance of an organic geochemical …

Sea-ice and water samples were collected at 14 stations on the shelves and slope regions
of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas during the spring 2002 expedition as part of the Shelf …

Net Arctic Ocean primary production (PP) is expected to increase over this century, due to
less perennial sea ice and more available light, but could decrease depending on changes …

Sea ice in the Arctic (16 million km2) and Antarctic (19 million km2) comprises one of the
largest ecosystems on Earth. Algal communities flourish within micro‐habitats that are …

The extensive pack and fast ice that forms in both Antarctic and Arctic regions provides a
unique habitat for polar microbial assemblages (reviewed by Mock & Thomas, 2005). Algal …

The Arctic is warming faster than any other region in the world. Among the changes already
witnessed, the loss of seasonal sea ice is by far the most striking. This large-scale shift in …