Solve Antarctica's sea-ice puzzle

Different stories are unfolding at the two poles of our planet. In the Arctic, more than half of the summer sea ice has disappeared since the late 1970s. The steady decline is what global climate models predict for a warming world. Meanwhile, in Antarctic waters, sea-ice cover has been stable, and e...

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Published in:Nature
Main Authors: Turner, J, Comiso, J, Abram, N, Bitz, C, Bracegirdle, TJ, Cavanagh, R, Deb, P, Goosse, H, Holland, PR, Hosking, JS, Jones, A, King, JC, Maksym, T, Marshall, GJ, Massom, R, Murphy, E, Phillips, T, Pope, J, Reid, P, Stammerjohn, S, Thomas, L, Wilkinson, J
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Glaciology
Antarctic
Arctic
Antarc*
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/547019a
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28682344
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/129187
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Summary:Different stories are unfolding at the two poles of our planet. In the Arctic, more than half of the summer sea ice has disappeared since the late 1970s. The steady decline is what global climate models predict for a warming world. Meanwhile, in Antarctic waters, sea-ice cover has been stable, and even increasing, for decades. Record maxima were recorded in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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