The missing Northern European winter cooling response to Arctic sea ice loss

It is proposed that Arctic sea ice loss may be a cause of colder European winters, by promoting the negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Here, the author shows that despite an intensification of negative NAO events, sea ice loss does not lead to cooling, and cold extremes actually...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Author: James A. Screen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
North Atlantic
North Atlantic oscillation
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14603
https://doaj.org/article/cdad26db52344dd987d1d6024d166852
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Summary:It is proposed that Arctic sea ice loss may be a cause of colder European winters, by promoting the negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Here, the author shows that despite an intensification of negative NAO events, sea ice loss does not lead to cooling, and cold extremes actually decrease.

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