Antarctic Sea Ice--a Habitat for Extremophiles [PDF]
Science, 2002 The pack ice of Earth's polar oceans appears to be frozen white desert, devoid of life. However, beneath the snow lies a unique habitat for a group of bacteria and microscopic plants and animals that are encased in an ice matrix at low temperatures and light levels, with the only liquid being pockets of concentrated brines. Survival in these conditions
Thomas, D., Dieckmann, Gerhard
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Influence of Sea-Ice Anomalies on Antarctic Precipitation Using Source Attribution in the Community Earth System Model [PDF]
, 2020 We conduct sensitivity experiments using a general circulation model that has an explicit water source tagging capability forced by prescribed composites of pre-industrial sea-ice concentrations (SICs) and corresponding sea surface temperatures (SSTs) to
Fyke, Jeremy G. +7 more
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Proceedings, 2023 Changes in Southern Ocean physics are dynamically linked to westerly winds, ocean currents, and the distribution of Antarctic sea ice in the Southern Hemisphere.
Gagan Mandal, Jia-Yuh Yu, Shih-Yu Lee
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Why Does Arctic Sea Ice Respond More Evidently than Antarctic Sea Ice to Climate Change?
Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 2023 The current climate change episode has impacted sea ice in the 2 polar regions differently. In the Arctic, remarkable sea ice extent and thickness declines have been observed with a stunning depletion rate of old ice.
Mohammed Shokr, Yufang Ye
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Robust Arctic warming caused by projected Antarctic sea ice loss
Environmental Research Letters, 2020 Over the coming century, both Arctic and Antarctic sea ice cover are projected to substantially decline. While many studies have documented the potential impacts of projected Arctic sea ice loss on the climate of the mid-latitudes and the tropics, little
M R England, L M Polvani, L Sun
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An Assessment of the Antarctic Sea Ice Mass Budget Simulation in CMIP6 Historical Experiment
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 The sea ice formation and dissipation processes are complicated and involve many factors and mechanisms, from the basal growth/melting, the frazil ice formation, the snow ice processes to the dynamic process, etc. The contribution of different factors to
Sirui Li +8 more
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Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state
Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 In February 2023, Antarctic sea ice set a record minimum; there have now been three record-breaking low sea ice summers in seven years. Following the summer minimum, circumpolar Antarctic sea ice coverage remained exceptionally low during the autumn and ...
Ariaan Purich, Edward W. Doddridge
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Spatial-temporal variations of one-year ice in Antarctic different regions, 1988–2020
Ecological Indicators, 2023 In order to increase the comparability of Antarctic sea ice changes, we proposed a new method to quantitatively assess the spatial–temporal variation characteristics of Antarctic one-year ice based on daily Antarctic sea ice concentration data provided ...
Xingdong Wang, Hailong Zhou, Mingzhu Ji
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Quaternary sediment patterns in the Weddell Sea: relations and environmental conditions [PDF]
, 1988 Sediment patterns such as texture, composition, and facies from three selected areas of the Antarctic continental margin of the Weddell Sea are discussed in relation to environmental variations of the Quaternary hydrosphere and kryosphere.
Fütterer, Dieter +2 more
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Sea-Ice Production in Antarctic Coastal Polynyas Estimated From AMSR2 Data and Its Validation Using AMSR-E and SSM/I-SSMIS Data [PDF]
, 2017 Antarctic coastal polynyas are very high sea-ice production areas. The resultant large amount of brine rejection leads to the formation of dense water.
Nihashi, Sohey +2 more
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