Heorton, Harold DBS;
Stroeve, Julienne C;
Veyssiere, Gaelle;
(2025)
Future under sea ice light availability and algal bloom timing from CMIP6 model simulations.
Frontiers in Marine Science
, 12
, Article 1642506. 10.3389/fmars.2025.1642506.
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Abstract
Arctic sea ice is projected to thin and reduce in extent significantly over the next century. Both sea ice and its overlying snow limit the amount of light that reaches the upper ocean, impacting the phenology of ocean primary productivity. Recent studies using in-situ data and pan-Arctic satellite observations emphasize the influence of current trends in sea ice and snow on the timing of under-ice, or ice residing algal blooms. This analysis is extended here using Climate Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) simulations to estimate future changes in under-ice light levels and to explore the driving factors. Under the SSP5-8.5 scenario, CMIP6 models project a significant reduction in sea-ice and snow thickness, causing light thresholds for algal blooms to be reached up to 60 days earlier by 2100 for regions such as the Chukchi Sea at higher latitudes. Areas such as the Labrador Sea at lower latitudes have limited changes due to relatively thinner sea ice and snow thicknesses. While this trend varies spatially and across models, snow thickness is a critical factor in high-latitude regions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Future under sea ice light availability and algal bloom timing from CMIP6 model simulations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fmars.2025.1642506 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1642506 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2025 Heorton, Stroeve and Veyssière. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Ocean algae, sea ice, CMIP6, light, snow. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10216097 |
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