The reversibility of sea ice loss in a state-of-the-art climate model

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Armour, K. C., Eisenman, I., Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, E., McCusker, K. E., Bitz, C. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2011
• Subjects: reversibility; sea ice; tipping point; Arctic Ocean; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL048739

Rapid Arctic sea ice retreat has fueled speculation about the possibility of threshold (or 'tipping point') behavior and irreversible loss of the sea ice cover. We test sea ice reversibility within a state-of-the-art atmosphere–ocean global climate model by increasing atmospheric carbon...