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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-577-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-577-2025
Research article
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13 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 13 Mar 2025

Observed bottom warming in the East Siberian Sea driven by the intensified vertical mixing

Xiaoyu Wang, Longjiang Mu, and Xianyao Chen

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The East Siberian Sea has nearly 80 % of the subsea permafrost worldwide. The cold layer with a temperature around −1.5 ºC above the seafloor prevents heat transporting from above to melt permafrost and release methane from sediments. However, we observed a warming trend at the seafloor caused by wave-induced vertical mixing in the shelf. The intensified mixing can transport enormous heat downward, leading to warming of more than 3 °C at the bottom, putting the subsea permafrost at high risk.

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