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Igor V. Polyakov is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States and has made significant contributions to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Geology.

The scientist's research focuses primarily on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, methane hydrates and related phenomena, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, climate change and permafrost, geological studies and exploration, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Igor V. Polyakov's recent scholarly output includes publications in prominent scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Borealization of the Arctic Ocean in Response to Anomalous Advection From Sub-Arctic Seas," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Physical manifestations and ecological implications of Arctic Atlantification," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves," 2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • "Weakening of Cold Halocline Layer Exposes Sea Ice to Oceanic Heat in the Eastern Arctic Ocean," 2020, Journal of Climate
  • "Fluctuating Atlantic inflows modulate Arctic atlantification," 2023, Science

Polyakov has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Science Advances
  • Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Andrey V. Pnyushkov, Eddy C. Carmack, Markus Janout, Matthew B. Alkire, and Seth L. Danielson.

The research prominently addresses issues tied to Arctic ocean and climate change dynamics, often emphasizing interactions between oceanographic and atmospheric phenomena. This work contributes to understanding the broader implications of climatic variability and environmental transformation in polar regions.

Best Publications

  • Greater role for Atlantic inflows on sea-ice loss in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean

    Igor V. Polyakov;Andrey V. Pnyushkov;Matthew B. Alkire;Igor M. Ashik

  • Role of Polar Amplification in Long-Term Surface Air Temperature Variations and Modern Arctic Warming

    Roman V. Bekryaev;Igor V. Polyakov;Vladimir A. Alexeev

  • Freshwater and its role in the Arctic Marine System: Sources, disposition, storage, export, and physical and biogeochemical consequences in the Arctic and global oceans

    Edward C. Carmack;Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai;Thomas W. N. Haine;Sheldon Bacon

  • One More Step Toward a Warmer Arctic

    Igor V. Polyakov;Agnieszka Beszczynska;Eddy C. Carmack;Igor A. Dmitrenko

  • Arctic Ocean warming contributes to reduced polar ice cap

    Igor V. Polyakov;Leonid A. Timokhov;Vladimir A. Alexeev;Sheldon Bacon

  • Variability and Trends of Air Temperature and Pressure in the Maritime Arctic, 1875–2000

    Igor V. Polyakov;Roman V. Bekryaev;Roman V. Bekryaev;Genrikh V. Alekseev;Uma S. Bhatt

  • Enhanced poleward moisture transport and amplified northern high-latitude wetting trend

    Xiangdong Zhang;Juanxiong He;Juanxiong He;Jing Zhang;Igor Polyakov

  • Borealization of the Arctic Ocean in response to anomalous advection from sub-Arctic seas.

    Igor V. Polyakov;Igor V. Polyakov;Matthew B. Alkire;Bodil A. Bluhm;Kristina A. Brown

  • Toward Quantifying the Increasing Role of Oceanic Heat in Sea Ice Loss in the New Arctic

    Eddy Carmack;Igor V. Polyakov;Laurie Padman;Ilker Fer

  • Observationally based assessment of polar amplification of global warming

    Igor V. Polyakov;Genrikh V. Alekseev;Roman V. Bekryaev;Uma Bhatt

  • Variability of the Intermediate Atlantic Water of the Arctic Ocean over the Last 100 Years

    I. V. Polyakov;G. V. Alekseev;L. A. Timokhov;U. S. Bhatt

  • Arctic decadal and interdecadal variability

    Igor V. Polyakov;Mark A. Johnson

  • Recent Declines in Warming and Vegetation Greening Trends over Pan-Arctic Tundra

    Uma S. Bhatt;Donald A. Walker;Martha K. Raynolds;Peter A. Bieniek

  • Trajectory of the Arctic as an integrated system

    Larry D. Hinzman;Clara J. Deal;A. David McGuire;Sebastian H. Mernild;Sebastian H. Mernild

  • Recent Changes of Arctic Multiyear Sea Ice Coverage and the Likely Causes

    Igor V. Polyakov;John E. Walsh;Ronald Kwok

  • Physical manifestations and ecological implications of Arctic Atlantification

    Randi B. Ingvaldsen;Karen M. Assmann;Raul Primicerio;Maria Fossheim

  • Long-Term Ice Variability in Arctic Marginal Seas

    Igor V. Polyakov;Genrikh V. Alekseev;Roman V. Bekryaev;Roman V. Bekryaev;Uma S. Bhatt

  • The Arctic Circumpolar Boundary Current

    Yevgeny Aksenov;Vladimir V. Ivanov;Vladimir V. Ivanov;Vladimir V. Ivanov;A. J. George Nurser;Sheldon Bacon

  • Toward a warmer Arctic Ocean: Spreading of the early 21st century Atlantic Water warm anomaly along the Eurasian Basin margins

    Igor A. Dmitrenko;Igor A. Dmitrenko;Igor V. Polyakov;Sergey A. Kirillov;Leonid A. Timokhov

  • Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves

    S.L. Danielson;O. Ahkinga;C. Ashjian;E. Basyuk

  • Arctic Ocean Freshwater Changes over the Past 100 Years and Their Causes

    Igor V. Polyakov;V. A. Alexeev;G. I. Belchansky;Igor A. Dmitrenko

  • Seasonal modification of the Arctic Ocean intermediate water layer off the eastern Laptev Sea continental shelf break

    Igor A. Dmitrenko;Sergey A. Kirillov;Vladimir V. Ivanov;Vladimir V. Ivanov;Rebecca A. Woodgate

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir Ivanov
Vladimir Ivanov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Uma S. Bhatt
Uma S. Bhatt University of Alaska Fairbanks
Eddy C. Carmack
Eddy C. Carmack Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Sheldon Bacon
Sheldon Bacon National Oceanography Centre
David A. Walsh
David A. Walsh Concordia University
Harper L. Simmons
Harper L. Simmons University of Alaska Fairbanks
Laurie Padman
Laurie Padman Oregon State University
Yevgeny Aksenov
Yevgeny Aksenov National Oceanography Centre
Ursula Schauer
Ursula Schauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Mark A. Johnson
Mark A. Johnson Yale University

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