Scientists map freshwater transport in the Arctic Ocean
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 11:30
in Earth & Climate
The Ob, Yenisei, and Lena rivers flow into the Kara and Laptev seas and account for about half of the total freshwater runoff to the Arctic Ocean. The transport and transformation of freshwater discharge in these seas have a large impact on ice formation, biological productivity, and many other processes in the Arctic. Researchers from Shirshov Institute of Oceanology and MIPT have investigated the spreading of large river plumes—that is, freshened water masses formed as a result of river runoff mixing with ambient saltwater—in the Russian Arctic seas. The findings were published in Scientific Reports.