Precession modulates the poleward expansion of atmospheric circulation to the Arctic Ocean by Yi Zhong, Zhengyao Lu, Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr, Jimin Yu, Keiji Horikawa, Mark J. Dekkers, Juan C. Larrasoaña, Peter D. Clift, Michael E. Weber, Flor Vermassen, Sev Kender, Chijun Sun, Hu Yang, Xianfeng Wang, Camilla S. Andresen, Yanguang Liu, Haiwei Zhang, Zhengyang Dai, Lu Niu, Jingyu Zhang, Xuguang Feng, Debo Zhao, Wenyue Xia, Sheng Yang, Hai Li, Qingsong Liu

“…Our findings suggest that projections of a northward shift of the NPSG in response to future global warming will lead to wetter conditions in the Arctic Ocean and enhanced sea-ice loss.…”
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Specialized Bacteroidetes dominate the Arctic Ocean during marine spring blooms by Álvaro Redondo-Río, Christopher J. Mundy, Javier Tamames, Carlos Pedrós-Alió

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Dominant inflation of the Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Gyre in a warming climate by Qiang Wang, Qi Shu, Shizhu Wang, Xinyue Li, Sergey Danilov, Fangli Qiao, Zhenya Song, Fan Wang, Thomas Jung

“…Abstract The Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Gyre, the largest Arctic freshwater reservoir, plays a crucial role for climate and marine ecosystems. …”
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Unsupervised clustering identifies thermohaline staircases in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean – CORRIGENDUM by Mikhail G. Schee, Erica Rosenblum, Jonathan M. Lilly, Nicolas Grisouard

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Corrigendum: Specialized Bacteroidetes dominate the Arctic Ocean during marine spring blooms by Álvaro Redondo-Río, Christopher J. Mundy, Javier Tamames, Carlos Pedrós-Alió

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Unveiling pelagic-benthic coupling associated with the biological carbon pump in the Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean) by Simon Ramondenc, Damien Eveillard, Katja Metfies, Morten H. Iversen, Eva-Maria Nöthig, Dieter Piepenburg, Christiane Hasemann, Thomas Soltwedel

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Effect of delayed sea ice retreat on zooplankton communities in the Pacific Arctic Ocean: a generalized dissimilarity modeling approach by Yuya Hibino, Kohei Matsuno, Kohei Matsuno, Amane Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Abe, Nanami Hosoda, Motoyo Itoh, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Atsushi Yamaguchi

“…IntroductionSea ice extent increased in the Pacific Arctic Ocean during 2021 owing to the reversal of the Beaufort Gyre, unlike in previous years. …”
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Tracing the origins and transformations of fluorescence dissolved organic matter within western and eastern Greenland’s shelves: a comparative study by Monika Zabłocka, Piotr Kowalczuk, Joanna Stoń-Egiert, Elena Terzić, Elena Terzić, Evanthia Bournaka, Artur P. Palacz

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Nitrite Cycling in Warming Arctic and Subarctic Waters by Yangjun Chen, Min Chen

“…Our findings provide insights into N cycle dynamics in the upper Arctic Ocean ecosystem.…”
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Chiral Pesticides in Soil and Water and Exchange with the Atmosphere by Terry F. Bidleman, Andi D. Leone, Renee L. Falconer, Tom Harner, Liisa M.M. Jantunen, Karin Wiberg, Paul A. Helm, Miriam L. Diamond, Binh Loo

“…Apparent pseudo first-order rate constants in the eastern Arctic Ocean are 0.12 year-1 for (+)α-HCH, 0.030 year-1 for (–)α-HCH, and 0.037 year-1 for achiral Υ-HCH. …”
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Revisiting the Last Ice Area projections from a high-resolution Global Earth System Model by Madeleine Fol, Bruno Tremblay, Stephanie Pfirman, Robert Newton, Stephen Howell, Jean-François Lemieux

“…Abstract The Last Ice Area—located to the north of Greenland and the northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago—is expected to persist as the central Arctic Ocean becomes seasonally ice-free within a few decades. …”
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Seasonal recurrence and modular assembly of an Arctic pelagic marine microbiome by Taylor Priest, Ellen Oldenburg, Ovidiu Popa, Bledina Dede, Katja Metfies, Wilken-Jon von Appen, Sinhué Torres-Valdés, Christina Bienhold, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann, Antje Boetius, Matthias Wietz

“…Here, we demonstrate annually recurrent, seasonal structuring of taxonomic and functional dynamics in a pelagic Arctic Ocean microbiome by combining autonomous samplers and in situ sensors with long-read metagenomics and SSU ribosomal metabarcoding. …”
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Metagenome-assembled-genomes recovered from the Arctic drift expedition MOSAiC by William Boulton, Asaf Salamov, Igor V. Grigoriev, Sara Calhoun, Kurt LaButti, Robert Riley, Kerrie Barry, Allison A. Fong, Clara J. M. Hoppe, Katja Metfies, Kersten Oetjen, Sarah Lena Eggers, Oliver Müller, Jessie Gardner, Mats A. Granskog, Anders Torstensson, Marc Oggier, Aud Larsen, Gunnar Bratbak, Andrew Toseland, Richard M. Leggett, Vincent Moulton, Thomas Mock

“…Abstract The Multidisciplinary Observatory for Study of the Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition consisted of a year-long drifting survey of the Central Arctic Ocean. The ecosystems component of MOSAiC included the sampling of molecular data, with metagenomes collected from a diverse range of environments. …”
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Estimation of Continental-Basin-Scale Sublimation in the Lena River Basin, Siberia by Kazuyoshi Suzuki, Glen E. Liston, Koji Matsuo

“…The Lena River basin in Siberia produces one of the largest river inflows into the Arctic Ocean. One of the most important sources of runoff to the river is spring snowmelt and therefore snow ablation processes have great importance for this basin. …”
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Tracing Atlantic Water Signature in the Arctic Sea Ice Cover East of Svalbard by Vladimir V. Ivanov, Vladimir A. Alexeev, Irina Repina, Nikolay V. Koldunov, Alexander Smirnov

“…We focus on the Arctic Ocean between Svalbard and Franz Joseph Land in order to elucidate the possible role of Atlantic water (AW) inflow in shaping ice conditions. …”
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On the New US Military Strategy in the Arctic by Valeriy N. Konyshev, Alexander A. Sergunin

“…The main threat to Russia’s security in the region is the constant military presence and build-up of US/NATO military infrastructure in close proximity to its Arctic borders, as well as Washington’s intention to implement the principle of “freedom of navigation” in the Arctic Ocean, including the Northern Sea Route.…”
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Plankton biogeography in the 21st century and impacts of climate change: advances through genomics by Frémont, Paul, Gehlen, Marion, Jaillon, Olivier

“…By defining ecological niches, these provinces are extrapolated to all oceans, with the exception of the Arctic Ocean. By the end of the 21st century, a major restructuring of these provinces is projected in response to a high emission greenhouse gas scenario over 50% of the surface of the studied oceans. …”
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Political Vector of Northern Sea Route Development by A. A. Fomichev

“…There is a necessity to overcome the technological and economical lag from the West, to create better infrastructure along the coast of the Arctic Ocean, to attract human resources in High North, to increase the government support of business in Arctic.…”
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Future Arctic: how will increasing coastal erosion shape nearshore planktonic food webs? by Gabriel A. Juma, Cédric L. Meunier, Emily M. Herstoff, Anna M. Irrgang, Michael Fritz, Caroline Weber, Hugues Lantuit, Inga V. Kirstein, Maarten Boersma

“…Currently, warming accelerates the erosion of permafrost coasts and the associated discharge of sediment, carbon, and nutrients into the Arctic Ocean. However, the impacts of coastal erosion on planktonic food webs remain understudied. …”
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A glimpse into the biogeography, seasonality, and ecological functions of arctic marine Oomycota by Brandon T. Hassett, Marco Thines, Anthony Buaya, Sebastian Ploch, R. Gradinger

“…As the Arctic continues to warm, lower-latitude Oomycota might migrate into the Arctic Ocean and parasitize non-coevolved hosts, leading to incalculable shifts in the primary producer community.…”
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