Laptev Sea Stubbornly Ice-Free

Norton Bay Watershed Council
Oct 28, 2020
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October 29, 2020

Here we are at the end of October, and winter sea ice off the coast of Siberia has yet to begin forming. Considered the “nursery of Arctic sea ice”, this fall the Laptev Sea remains stubbornly warm and sea ice, which normally begins to form in late September, is entirely absent, thanks to a prolonged, record-breaking heatwave. This unprecedented delay in ice formation is alarming in terms of the negative impact it could have on the Arctic’s marine food web and what it portends for the future of the Arctic.

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