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
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2019-01-01
Subjects:	open climate campaign
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07865-9