Enhanced Arctic sea ice melting controlled by larger heat discharge of mid-Holocene rivers

Jiang Dong; Xuefa Shi; Xun Gong; Anatolii S. Astakhov; Limin Hu; Xiting Liu; Gang Yang; Yixuan Wang; Yuri Vasilenko; Shuqing Qiao; Alexander Bosin; Gerrit Lohmann

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33106-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Enhanced Arctic sea ice melting controlled by larger heat discharge of mid-Holocene rivers

Jiang Dong,
Xuefa Shi,
Xun Gong,
Anatolii S. Astakhov,
Limin Hu,
Xiting Liu,
Gang Yang,
Yixuan Wang,
Yuri Vasilenko,
Shuqing Qiao,
Alexander Bosin,
Gerrit Lohmann

Affiliations

Jiang Dong: Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
Xuefa Shi: Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
Xun Gong: Institute for Advanced Marine Research, China University of Geosciences
Anatolii S. Astakhov: V.I.Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Limin Hu: Laboratory for Marine Geology, Pilot Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
Xiting Liu: Laboratory for Marine Geology, Pilot Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
Gang Yang: Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
Yixuan Wang: Key Laboratory of Comprehensive and Highly Efficient Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuri Vasilenko: V.I.Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Shuqing Qiao: Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
Alexander Bosin: V.I.Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Gerrit Lohmann: Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33106-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Based on marine multiproxy records, a new study outlines the role of larger heat discharge of the pan-Arctic Rivers in determining the pronounced sea ice retreat over the East Siberian Arctic Shelf in the mid-Holocene.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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