Arctic Carbon Sinks: Present and Future.

Surface air temperatures of the Arctic rose 1.2 deg -1.5 deg C from 1880 to 1980, in contrast to a global warming of only 0.4 deg -0.5 deg C; since 1980, six of the warmest years in the past century have been observed. Polar enhancement of a temperature rise, induced possibly by anthropogenic releas...

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Main Author: Walsh, John J.
Other Authors: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ST PETERSBURG DEPT OF MARINE SCIENCE
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1989
Subjects:
Meteorology
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*TEMPERATURE
*ARCTIC OCEAN
POLAR REGIONS
CONTRAST
GLOBAL
AUGMENTATION
LIGHT
REGIONS
AVAILABILITY
SNOW
ICE
MELTING
RELEASE
OCEANS
SEA LEVEL
ATMOSPHERES
SEA ICE
ALBEDO
GREENHOUSES
Antarctic
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
albedo
Antarc*
Global warming
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA258313
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA258313
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Summary:Surface air temperatures of the Arctic rose 1.2 deg -1.5 deg C from 1880 to 1980, in contrast to a global warming of only 0.4 deg -0.5 deg C; since 1980, six of the warmest years in the past century have been observed. Polar enhancement of a temperature rise, induced possibly by anthropogenic release of greenhouse gases, C02, N20, CH4, and freons, to the atmosphere, is attributed to altered ice/ snow albedo at sea level, i.e., melting of sea ice. A 5% decline of sea ice extent in the Arctic and Antarctic from 1979 to 1987 may have resulted in increased light availability within previously ice-covered polar regions.

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