Essays about: "sea-ice decline"

Found 4 essays containing the words sea-ice decline.

1. 1. Diatoms from the late Holocene of the western Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean: environmental signals and palaeoceanography

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper

   Author : Erik Browaldh; [2022]
   Keywords : diatoms; late holocene; SWERUS-L2-2-PC1; Herald Canyon; Chukchi Sea; ice-algae; sympagic; cryophilic; warm water diatom; Bering Sea Water species; bottom water temperature; BWT; benthic foraminifera; palaeothermometry; ice dynamics; Fragilariopsis; Fossula arctica; Paralia sulcata; Shionodiscus oestrupii; Thalassiosira simonsenii; Chaetoceros; Chaetoceros sp. 7;

   Abstract : The sediment Core SWERUS-L2-2-PC1 (2PC) retrieved from the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean sits in an oceanographically dynamic location at the Arctic-Pacific Ocean gateway. The 8.3 m-long core was retrieved in Herald Canyon at the marginal ice zone at 57 m depth. READ MORE

3. 2. Tundra carbon cycling in relation to sea-ice decline in a warming Arctic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Juliane Glinski; [2022]
   Keywords : sea-ice decline; warming Arctic; earlier growing season; arctic tundra; heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration; climate warming; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : We set out to investigate whether arctic tundra acted as a sink or source of carbon dioxide (CO2) between 1980-2014 and to relate changes in the net carbon balance to Arctic sea-ice decline. We want to understand how climate change and arctic warming influence arctic carbon cycling. READ MORE

4. 3. Declining abundance and shifting distribution for Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, in the western Antarctic Peninsula

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologi

   Author : Kerstin Holmström; [2020]
   Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

   Abstract : Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, a polar ocean specialist, thrives in the Antarctic severe physical conditions. The krill life cycle consists of strategies that have enabled and supported the species’ dominance of the Antarctic Ocean. Sea Ice extent and duration creates condition that are crucial for survival of the Furcilia larvae. READ MORE

5. 4. Shipping in the World's Northernmost Ocean - Legal Disputes & Controversies in the Arctic Sea Routes & the Legal Impact of an Future Internationalization

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Daniel Jonsson; [2014]
   Keywords : Transpolar Sea Route; Northwest Passage; Northern Sea Route; Arctic; Article 234; Daniel Jonsson; Daniel Viktor Jonsson; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Arktis utgör ett av de minst utvecklade internationella regioner i världen. Trots politiska initiativ som arktiska rådet och liknande existerar det inte idag något övergripande legalt ramverk för att adressera flertalet juridiska dispyter och kontroverser. READ MORE