Report for: Greater role for Atlantic inflows on sea-ice loss in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean

Title	Greater role for Atlantic inflows on sea-ice loss in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean
Published in	Science, April 2017
DOI	10.1126/science.aai8204
Pubmed ID	28386025
Authors	Igor V. Polyakov, Andrey V. Pnyushkov, Matthew B. Alkire, Igor M. Ashik, Till M. Baumann, Eddy C. Carmack, Ilona Goszczko, John Guthrie, Vladimir V. Ivanov, Torsten Kanzow, Richard Krishfield, Ronald Kwok, Arild Sundfjord, James Morison, Robert Rember, Alexander Yulin
Abstract	Arctic sea-ice loss is a leading indicator of climate change and can be attributed, in large part, to atmospheric forcing. Here, we show that recent ice reductions, weakening of the halocline, and shoaling of intermediate-depth Atlantic Water layer in the eastern Eurasian Basin have increased winter ventilation in the ocean interior, making this region structurally similar to that of the western Eurasian Basin. The associated enhanced release of oceanic heat has reduced winter sea-ice formation at a rate now comparable to losses from atmospheric thermodynamic forcing, thus explaining the recent reduction in sea-ice cover in the eastern Eurasian Basin. This encroaching "atlantification" of the Eurasian Basin represents an essential step toward a new Arctic climate state, with a substantially greater role for Atlantic inflows.

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United States	12	24%
United Kingdom	8	16%
Norway	4	8%
Finland	2	4%
Switzerland	1	2%
Germany	1	2%
Japan	1	2%
Denmark	1	2%
Unknown	19	39%

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Scientists	13	27%
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United Kingdom	1	<1%
Sweden	1	<1%
Canada	1	<1%
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Researcher	61	26%
Student > Master	35	15%
Student > Bachelor	14	6%
Professor > Associate Professor	8	3%
Other	24	10%
Unknown	33	14%

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Earth and Planetary Sciences	103	44%
Environmental Science	40	17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	27	11%
Engineering	5	2%
Physics and Astronomy	5	2%
Other	14	6%
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