Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016

In late 2016, there was a sudden and subsequently sustained decrease of Antarctic sea ice extent. Analyses of observations and a model simulation trace the causes to teleconnections from the tropics on the interannual timescale combined with decadal-timescale warming in the upper Southern Ocean.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Gerald A. Meehl, Julie M. Arblaster, Christine T. Y. Chung, Marika M. Holland, Alice DuVivier, LuAnne Thompson, Dongxia Yang, Cecilia M. Bitz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
Subjects:
Science
Q
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07865-9
https://doaj.org/article/e850d8e888cc48c09f0db36c67bcdf42
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Summary:In late 2016, there was a sudden and subsequently sustained decrease of Antarctic sea ice extent. Analyses of observations and a model simulation trace the causes to teleconnections from the tropics on the interannual timescale combined with decadal-timescale warming in the upper Southern Ocean.

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