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of light penetrating into the Arctic Ocean, enhancing sea-ice melt and affecting sea-ice and upper-ocean ecosystems. Radiation fluxes through summer sea ice in the Arctic [...] energy fluxes through Arctic sea ice Arndt and Nicolaus ( 2014, TC; doi:10.5194/tc-8-2219-2014 ) In this study, we quantify solar shortwave fluxes through sea ice for the entire Arctic during all seasons [...] of melt onset and the correct classification of ice types. Radiation fluxes through Arctic sea ice Changes in Arctic sea ice result in increasing light transmittance and absorption Nicolaus et al. ( 2012

Is the ice in the Arctic Ocean getting thinner and thinner? Research aircraft Polar 5 measures thickness of sea ice north of Greenland

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Continued warming of the Arctic Ocean - Northernmost position of the new research vessel Maria S Merian

JAGO and Polarstern, an unbeatable team on a coldwater coral expedition in Arctic ocean

The sea-ice is getting thinner – A closer look at the climate and ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean

Fire under the ice - International expedition discovers gigantic volcanic eruption in the Arctic Ocean

Is the ice in the Arctic Ocean getting thinner and thinner? Research aircraft Polar 5 measures thickness of sea ice north of Greenland

How is the Arctic Ocean changing? – Research vessel Polarstern launches expedition to Arctic Ocean

For the first time ever AWI researchers take samples of rising methane in the Arctic ocean, using their AUV PAUL

Traces of immense prehistoric ice sheets: the climate history of the Arctic Ocean needs to be rewritten

Large-scale assessment of the Arctic Ocean: significant increase in freshwater content since 1990s

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