Articles | Volume 16, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-167-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-167-2020
Research article
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27 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 27 Jan 2020

The impact of meltwater discharge from the Greenland ice sheet on the Atlantic nutrient supply to the northwest European shelf

Moritz Mathis and Uwe Mikolajewicz

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In a strong global warming scenario, declining nutrient concentrations of Atlantic water masses flushing the NWES lead to a reduction in the biological productivity on the shelf. We show that meltwater discharge from the Greenland ice sheet induces a change in the subpolar ocean circulation, resulting in a nutrient increase of deeper Atlantic water masses. These are mixed up at the shelf break and spread over the shelf, mitigating both the expected nutrient decline and productivity reduction.