Antarctic shelf ocean warming and sea ice melt affected by projected El Niño changes

Antarctic shelf ocean warming affects melt of ice shelf/sheets and sea ice but projected changes vary vastly across climate models. A projected increase in El Niño variability has been found to slow future mid-latitude Southern Ocean warming but how this impacts the Antarctic shelf ocean is unknown....

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Published in:Nature Climate Change
Main Authors: Cai, Wenju, Jia, Fan, Li, Shujun, Purich, Ariaan, Wang, Guojian, Wu, Lixin, Gan, Bolan, Santoso, Agus, Geng, Tao, Ng, Benjamin, Yang, Yun, Ferreira, David, Meehl, Gerald A., McPhaden, Michael J.
Language:unknown
Published: 2023
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Shelf
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1961569
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1961569
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01610-x
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Summary:Antarctic shelf ocean warming affects melt of ice shelf/sheets and sea ice but projected changes vary vastly across climate models. A projected increase in El Niño variability has been found to slow future mid-latitude Southern Ocean warming but how this impacts the Antarctic shelf ocean is unknown. Here we show that a projected increase in El Niño variability accelerates Antarctic shelf ocean warming, hastening ice shelf/sheet melt but slowing sea ice reduction.

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