Atlantic-origin water extension into the Pacific Arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical event
Abstract The Arctic Ocean is facing dramatic environmental and ecosystem changes. In this context, an international multiship survey project was undertaken in 2020 to obtain current baseline data. During the survey, unusually low dissolved oxygen and acidified water were found in a high-seas fishabl...
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| author | Shigeto Nishino Jinyoung Jung Kyoung-Ho Cho William J. Williams Amane Fujiwara Akihiko Murata Motoyo Itoh Eiji Watanabe Michio Aoyama Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai Takashi Kikuchi Eun Jin Yang Sung-Ho Kang |
| author_facet | Shigeto Nishino Jinyoung Jung Kyoung-Ho Cho William J. Williams Amane Fujiwara Akihiko Murata Motoyo Itoh Eiji Watanabe Michio Aoyama Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai Takashi Kikuchi Eun Jin Yang Sung-Ho Kang |
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| description | Abstract The Arctic Ocean is facing dramatic environmental and ecosystem changes. In this context, an international multiship survey project was undertaken in 2020 to obtain current baseline data. During the survey, unusually low dissolved oxygen and acidified water were found in a high-seas fishable area of the western (Pacific-side) Arctic Ocean. Herein, we show that the Beaufort Gyre shrinks to the east of an ocean ridge and forms a front between the water within the gyre and the water from the eastern (Atlantic-side) Arctic. That phenomenon triggers a frontal northward flow along the ocean ridge. This flow likely transports the low oxygen and acidified water toward the high-seas fishable area; similar biogeochemical properties had previously been observed only on the shelf-slope north of the East Siberian Sea. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e695d2c8145e447ea4a85df7e6f10a7c2023-11-20T10:13:53ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-11-0114111210.1038/s41467-023-41960-wAtlantic-origin water extension into the Pacific Arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical eventShigeto Nishino0Jinyoung Jung1Kyoung-Ho Cho2William J. Williams3Amane Fujiwara4Akihiko Murata5Motoyo Itoh6Eiji Watanabe7Michio Aoyama8Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai9Takashi Kikuchi10Eun Jin Yang11Sung-Ho Kang12Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)Division of Ocean Sciences, Korea Polar Research InstituteDivision of Ocean Sciences, Korea Polar Research InstituteInstitute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaInstitute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)Global Ocean Observation Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)Global Ocean Observation Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)Department of Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyInstitute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)Division of Ocean Sciences, Korea Polar Research InstituteKorea Polar Research InstituteAbstract The Arctic Ocean is facing dramatic environmental and ecosystem changes. In this context, an international multiship survey project was undertaken in 2020 to obtain current baseline data. During the survey, unusually low dissolved oxygen and acidified water were found in a high-seas fishable area of the western (Pacific-side) Arctic Ocean. Herein, we show that the Beaufort Gyre shrinks to the east of an ocean ridge and forms a front between the water within the gyre and the water from the eastern (Atlantic-side) Arctic. That phenomenon triggers a frontal northward flow along the ocean ridge. This flow likely transports the low oxygen and acidified water toward the high-seas fishable area; similar biogeochemical properties had previously been observed only on the shelf-slope north of the East Siberian Sea.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41960-w |
| spellingShingle | Shigeto Nishino Jinyoung Jung Kyoung-Ho Cho William J. Williams Amane Fujiwara Akihiko Murata Motoyo Itoh Eiji Watanabe Michio Aoyama Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai Takashi Kikuchi Eun Jin Yang Sung-Ho Kang Atlantic-origin water extension into the Pacific Arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical event Nature Communications |
| title | Atlantic-origin water extension into the Pacific Arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical event |
| title_full | Atlantic-origin water extension into the Pacific Arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical event |
| title_fullStr | Atlantic-origin water extension into the Pacific Arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical event |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atlantic-origin water extension into the Pacific Arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical event |
| title_short | Atlantic-origin water extension into the Pacific Arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical event |
| title_sort | atlantic origin water extension into the pacific arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical event |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41960-w |
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