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ArticleNature communications2025

Dynamic ice-ocean pathways along the Transpolar Drift amplify the dispersal of Siberian matter.

Georgi Laukert, Dorothea Bauch, Benjamin Rabe, Thomas Krumpen, Ellen Damm, Markus Kienast, Ed Hathorne, Myriel Vredenborg, Sandra Tippenhauer, Nils Andersen and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Georgi LaukertSchool of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. georgi.laukert@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8209-763X
Dorothea BauchGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1419-9714
Benjamin RabeAlfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5794-9856
Thomas KrumpenAlfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6234-8756
Ellen DammAlfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1487-1283
Markus KienastDepartment of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5698-8105
Ed HathorneGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany.
Myriel VredenborgAlfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Sandra TippenhauerAlfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3405-6275
Nils AndersenChristian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4148-6791
Hanno MeyerAlfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-4706
Moein MellatAlfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Potsdam, Germany.
Alessandra D'AngeloUniversity of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3244-2906
Patric Simões PereiraDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3705-0322
Daiki NomuraHokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan.
Tristan J HornerDepartment of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1784-0391
Katharine HendrySchool of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-5895
Stephanie S KienastDepartment of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3867-4919

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) #03F0804ABundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) #03V01461Canada First Research Excellence Fund (Fonds d'excellence en recherche Apogée Canada) 39291Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) BA 1689/4-1EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 101023769National Science Foundation (NSF) 1821900Research Councils UK (RCUK) NE/R012865/1Research Councils UK (RCUK) NE/R012865/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Transpolar Drift (TPD) plays a crucial role in regulating Arctic climate and ecosystems by transporting fresh water and key substances, such as terrestrial nutrients and pollutants, from the Siberian Shelf across the Arctic Ocean to the North Atlantic. However, year-round observations of the TPD remain scarce, creating significant knowledge gaps regarding the influence of sea ice drift and ocean surface circulation on the transport pathways of Siberian fresh water and associated matter. Using geochemical provenance tracer data collected over a complete seasonal cycle, our study reveals substantial spatiotemporal variability in the dispersal pathways of Siberian matter along the TPD. This variability reflects dynamic shifts in contributions of individual Siberian rivers as they integrate into a large-scale current system, followed by their rapid and extensive redistribution through a combination of seasonal ice-ocean exchanges and divergent ice drift. These findings emphasize the complexity of Arctic ice-ocean transport pathways and highlight the challenges of forecasting their dynamics in light of anticipated changes in sea ice extent, river discharge, and surface circulation patterns.

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PMCPMC11997031

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