Understudied current in Barents Sea may play key role in Arctic winter ice loss

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Jun 23, 2025, 10:59 am61 ptsTrending
In the last few decades, Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ice is at its most prominent. One of the main drivers of this development is thought to be the warming of Atlantic water that flows from Europe's Norwegian Sea into the Arctic Ocean, passing…

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