Unprecedented decline of Arctic sea ice outflow in 2018

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Abstract

This study reveals an unprecedented decline in Arctic sea ice export through Fram Strait in 2018, reaching less than 40% of the 2000-2017 average. This minimum export is attributed to regional sea ice-ocean processes driven by anomalous atmospheric circulation over the Atlantic sector of the Arctic, highlighting that drastic changes in Arctic sea ice outflow can occur not only through Arctic-wide ice thinning but also through regional atmospheric anomalies.

Publisher

Nature Communications

Published On

Apr 01, 2022

Authors

Hiroshi Sumata, Laura de Steur, Sebastian Gerland, Dmitry V. Divine, Olga Pavlova

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