The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems

Lannuzel, Delphine, Tedesco, Letizia, van Leeuwe, Maria, Campbell, Karley, Flores, Hauke, Delille, Bruno, Miller, Lisa, Stefels, Jacqueline, Assmy, Philipp, Bowman, Jeff, Brown, Kristina, Castellani, Giulia, Chierici, Melissa, Crabeck, Odile ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1882-9303, Damm, Ellen, Else, Brent, Fransson, Agneta, Fripiat, François, Geilfus, Nicolas-Xavier, Jacques, Caroline, Jones, Elizabeth, Kaartokallio, Hermanni, Kotovitch, Marie, Meiners, Klaus, Moreau, Sébastien, Nomura, Daiki, Peeken, Ilka, Rintala, Janne-Markus, Steiner, Nadja, Tison, Jean-Louis, Vancoppenolle, Martin, van der Linden, Fanny, Vichi, Marcello and Wongpan, Pat (2020) The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems. Nature Climate Change, 10 (11). pp. 983-992. ISSN 1758-678X

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Abstract

The Arctic sea-ice-scape is rapidly transforming. Increasing light penetration will initiate earlier seasonal primary production. This earlier growing season may be accompanied by an increase in ice algae and phytoplankton biomass, augmenting the emission of dimethylsulfide and capture of carbon dioxide. Secondary production may also increase on the shelves, although the loss of sea ice exacerbates the demise of sea-ice fauna, endemic fish and megafauna. Sea-ice loss may also deliver more methane to the atmosphere, but warmer ice may release fewer halogens, resulting in fewer ozone depletion events. The net changes in carbon drawdown are still highly uncertain. Despite large uncertainties in these assessments, we expect disruptive changes that warrant intensified long-term observations and modelling efforts.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 12 - responsible consumption and production ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 02 Dec 2020 00:49
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 07:22
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77851
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-00940-4

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