Global warming due to loss of large ice masses and Arctic summer sea ice

The disintegration of cryosphere elements such as the Arctic summer sea ice, mountain glaciers, Greenland and West Antarctica is associated with temperature and radiative feedbacks. In this work, the authors quantify these feedbacks and find an additional global warming of 0.43°C.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Nico Wunderling, Matteo Willeit, Jonathan F. Donges, Ricarda Winkelmann
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18934-3
https://doaj.org/article/dfd3fd0e5c794cb5994e2f8420ecdece
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Summary:The disintegration of cryosphere elements such as the Arctic summer sea ice, mountain glaciers, Greenland and West Antarctica is associated with temperature and radiative feedbacks. In this work, the authors quantify these feedbacks and find an additional global warming of 0.43°C.