The Arctic Ocean has become less saline, perhaps in response to climate change. Satellite and in situ observations reveal changes in the regional wind patterns that have re-routed freshwater and prevented it from leaving the Arctic Ocean in the past decades.
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Mauritzen, C. Arctic freshwater. Nature Geosci 5, 162–164 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1409
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