Delayed Antarctic sea-ice decline in high-resolution climate change simulations

Delayed Antarctic sea-ice decline is linked to Southern Ocean eddies - and their explicit treatment in models is crucial. New multi-resolution climate change projections give a possible reason for low confidence in IPCC’s current 21st-century Antarctic sea-ice projections.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Thomas Rackow, Sergey Danilov, Helge F. Goessling, Hartmut H. Hellmer, Dmitry V. Sein, Tido Semmler, Dmitry Sidorenko, Thomas Jung
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28259-y
https://doaj.org/article/d93ba30d8e5a40cebd842cc3b8eeb9ca
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Summary:Delayed Antarctic sea-ice decline is linked to Southern Ocean eddies - and their explicit treatment in models is crucial. New multi-resolution climate change projections give a possible reason for low confidence in IPCC’s current 21st-century Antarctic sea-ice projections.