The impact of a changing Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode on Antarctic Peninsula summer temperatures

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Main Authors: Marshall, Gareth J., Orr, Andrew, van Lipzig, Nicole P. M., King, John C.
• Other Authors: UCL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Larsen Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/38163; https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3844.1

Since the mid-1960s, rapid regional summer warming has occurred on the east coast of the northern Antarctic Peninsula, with near-surface temperatures increasing by more than 2 degrees C. This warming has contributed significantly to the collapse of the northern sections of the Larsen Ice Shelf. Coin...