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Assessment of climate change impact on the Arctic environment

Assessment of climate change impact on the Arctic environment. ► Glaciers ► Sea ice ► Marine ecosystems. Dr. Jan-Gunnar Winther Director Norwegian Polar Institute. Sea Ice Extent . - 11,2 % per decade. ?. Sea Ice Extent , cont . .

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Assessment of climate change impact on the Arctic environment

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  1. Assessment of climate change impact on the Arctic environment ► Glaciers ► Sea ice ► Marine ecosystems Dr. Jan-Gunnar Winther Director Norwegian Polar Institute

  2. Sea Ice Extent - 11,2 % per decade ?

  3. SeaIceExtent, cont. Light gray shading indicates the region where ice occurred in both 2007 and 2010, while white and dark gray areas show ice cover unique to 2010 and to 2007, respectively

  4. Sea Ice Thickness

  5. BIOMASS 32 g C. finmarchicus 28 g (0.3 – 8.7 g DW m-2) C. glacialis 0.5 g (0.1 – 30.6 g DW m-2) C. hyperboreus (0.1 – 2.6 g DW m-2) 10 g Søreide et al. 2008 DSR II

  6. We must expect further change in the Arctic in future Thank you for your attention!

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