Loss of sea-ice algae
In: Nature Climate Change. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1758-678X; e-ISSN 1758-6798, more
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Sea-ice algae are the cornerstone of ecological activity in the Arctic, fuelling upper trophic levels during spring blooms. However, ice algae production is threatened by anthropogenic warming, specifically through changes in sea-ice thickness, the timing of advance and retreat, and associated shifts in overlying snow. Virginia Selz and colleagues from Stanford University, USA, examine the drivers of ice algae variability in the Chukchi Sea over the period 1980–2015 using a using a one-dimensional coupled physical–biological ice ecosystem model alongside observations. |
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