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Warming of the interior Arctic Ocean linked to sea ice losses at the basin margins

Arctic Ocean measurements reveal a near doubling of ocean heat content relative to the freezing temperature in the Beaufort Gyre halocline over the past three decades (1987–2017). This warming is linked to anomalous solar heating of surface waters in the northern Chukchi Sea, a main entryway for hal...

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Autores principales: Timmermans, Mary-Louise, Toole, John, Krishfield, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6114986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30167462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat6773