Over the past half century, the Arctic has warmed at about twice the global rate. The
reduction of sea ice and snow cover has contributed to the high-latitude warming, as the …

This review paper integrates the current knowledge, based on available literature, on the
physical and biological conditions of the Amerasian and Eurasian basins (AB, EB) of the …

Plastic pollution is globally recognised as a threat to marine ecosystems, habitats, and
wildlife, and it has now reached remote locations such as the Arctic Ocean. Nevertheless …

Arctic sea ice data from a variety of historical sources have been synthesized into a
database extending back to 1850 with monthly time‐resolution. The synthesis procedure …

Although much remains to be learned about the Arctic and its component processes, many
of the most urgent scientific, engineering, and social questions can only be approached …

Abstract The Arctic Ocean has important freshwater sources including river runoff, low
evaporation, and exchange with the Pacific Ocean. In the future, we expect even larger …

Abstract Broad, long-living, ice-free areas in midwinter northeast of Svalbard between 2011
and 2014 are investigated. The formation of these persistent and reemerging anomalies is …

The evolving knowledge of the Arctic Ocean, its hydrography and its water masses and their
transformations and circulation is reviewed starting with the observations made on Fram …

Abstract The northern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea represent the gateway from the Pacific
to the Arctic. This contiguous marine system encompasses one of the largest continental …

Arctic Ocean properties and processes are highly relevant to the regional and global
coupled climate system, yet still scarcely observed, especially in winter. Team OCEAN …