The Arctic Ocean's Changing Beaufort Gyre System: An Assessment of Current Understanding, Open Questions and Future Research Directions.

Changes in the ocean component of the Beaufort Gyre system are as considerable as its changing sea ice, including increases in freshwater and ocean heat content (reviewed by [19]). 21 Zhang, Y., M. Yamamoto-Kawai, and W. J. Williams, 2020: Two decades of ocean acidification in the surface waters of the Beaufort Gyre, Arctic Ocean: Effects of sea ice melt and retreat from 1997-2016. Keywords: Arctic; Sea ice; Ocean circulation; Climate EN Arctic Sea ice Ocean circulation Climate E1282 E1289 8 08/24/23 20230701 NES 230701 A Workshop on the Changing Beaufort Gyre System B I What i b : An international group of 50 scientists met in person to review and discuss the physical and biogeochemical aspects of the Arctic's Beaufort Gyre system, explore the open research questions, and make recommendations for future research directions and projects. The Beaufort Gyre is one of the fundamental sea ice and ocean circulation systems of the Arctic Ocean, located in a region that is exhibiting some of the most pronounced changes due to the warming climate; for example, the past two decades have seen the largest Arctic sea ice losses and ocean heat content increases in the Beaufort Gyre region and surrounding marginal seas, changes which have important consequences for ecosystems within and beyond the Arctic. [Extracted from the article]