Hot topics: Acoustical oceanography in the Coastal Arctic

Key Points

• To explore how acoustical methods can quantify glacier dynamics and their impact on the Arctic marine environment.
• Utilized both passive and active acoustics to study soundscapes in the coastal Arctic.
• Quantified submarine melting rates and subaerial calving fluxes at glacier termini.
• Analyzed thermohaline structures and their relation to underwater sound dynamics.
• Documented significant submarine melting rates related to ice dynamics.
• Identified varying calving fluxes that influence Arctic acoustics.
• Revealed complex structures of glacier meltwater outflows affecting underwater sound propagation.

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