Documenting the 2015–2017 freshening of the eastern Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean and evaluating its drivers and consequences

More, Dolly; Polyakov, Igor V.; Pnyushkov, Andrey V.

doi:10.5194/os-22-2267-2026

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28 Jul 2026

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Documenting the 2015–2017 freshening of the eastern Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean and evaluating its drivers and consequences

Dolly More, Igor V. Polyakov, and Andrey V. Pnyushkov

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