Arctic Ocean Circulation
Waiting on the next freshwater flush
Could the unprecedented amounts of freshwater in the Beaufort Sea stall the current system that controls our climate? WHOI’s Isabela Le Bras weighs in.
Tracking change in the Arctic Ocean
Changes in the Arctic Ocean are becoming clearer, thanks to an ocean monitoring network maintained…
Study Finds New Source of Trace Elements Could Rapidly Change Arctic Ecosystems
ECO Magazine
A new study by WHOI and their international colleagues found that freshwater runoff from rivers and continental shelf sediments are bringing significant quantities of carbon and trace elements into parts of the Arctic Ocean via the Transpolar Drift—a major surface current that moves water from Siberia across the North Pole to the North Atlantic Ocean.
In a Spin: New Insights into the Beaufort Gyre
Eos - Earth and Space Science News
A ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ in the Arctic
Scientists discover that the amount of heat in a major Arctic Ocean circulation system has…
Alien Waters: Neighboring Seas Are Flowing into a Warming Arctic Ocean
YaleEnvironment360
quotes Robert Pickart
Climate change’s unseen impact on the Arctic Ocean
The Weather Network
quotes Lauren Kipp
Arctic Ocean composition is undergoing rapid change
Radio Canda International
features an interview with Lauren Kipp
Communicating Under Sea Ice
Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution developed a new communication and navigation system that works…
Signs of Big Change in the Arctic
The climate in the Arctic region once predictably shifted back and forth between two regimes.…
Ice, Wind & Fury
Greenlanders are well away of piteraqs, the hazardous torrents of cold air that sweep down…