Atmospheric feedback explains disparate climate response to regional Arctic sea-ice loss
Abstract Arctic sea-ice loss is a consequence of anthropogenic global warming and can itself be a driver of climate change in the Arctic and at lower latitudes, with sea-ice minima likely favoring extreme events over Europe and North America. Yet the role that the sea-ice plays in ongoing climate ch...
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| author | Xavier J. Levine Ivana Cvijanovic Pablo Ortega Markus G. Donat Etienne Tourigny |
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| description | Abstract Arctic sea-ice loss is a consequence of anthropogenic global warming and can itself be a driver of climate change in the Arctic and at lower latitudes, with sea-ice minima likely favoring extreme events over Europe and North America. Yet the role that the sea-ice plays in ongoing climate change remains uncertain, partly due to a limited understanding of whether and how the exact geographical distribution of sea-ice loss impacts climate. Here we demonstrate that the climate response to sea-ice loss can vary widely depending on the pattern of sea-ice change, and show that this is due to the presence of an atmospheric feedback mechanism that amplifies the local and remote signals when broader scale sea-ice loss occurs. Our study thus highlights the need to better constrain the spatial pattern of future sea-ice when assessing its impacts on the climate in the Arctic and beyond. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b31bb24e7b04c8898e321f8764c7e6d2022-12-21T19:44:47ZengNature Portfolionpj Climate and Atmospheric Science2397-37222021-05-01411810.1038/s41612-021-00183-wAtmospheric feedback explains disparate climate response to regional Arctic sea-ice lossXavier J. Levine0Ivana Cvijanovic1Pablo Ortega2Markus G. Donat3Etienne Tourigny4Earth Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing CenterEarth Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing CenterEarth Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing CenterEarth Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing CenterEarth Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing CenterAbstract Arctic sea-ice loss is a consequence of anthropogenic global warming and can itself be a driver of climate change in the Arctic and at lower latitudes, with sea-ice minima likely favoring extreme events over Europe and North America. Yet the role that the sea-ice plays in ongoing climate change remains uncertain, partly due to a limited understanding of whether and how the exact geographical distribution of sea-ice loss impacts climate. Here we demonstrate that the climate response to sea-ice loss can vary widely depending on the pattern of sea-ice change, and show that this is due to the presence of an atmospheric feedback mechanism that amplifies the local and remote signals when broader scale sea-ice loss occurs. Our study thus highlights the need to better constrain the spatial pattern of future sea-ice when assessing its impacts on the climate in the Arctic and beyond.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00183-w |
| spellingShingle | Xavier J. Levine Ivana Cvijanovic Pablo Ortega Markus G. Donat Etienne Tourigny Atmospheric feedback explains disparate climate response to regional Arctic sea-ice loss npj Climate and Atmospheric Science |
| title | Atmospheric feedback explains disparate climate response to regional Arctic sea-ice loss |
| title_full | Atmospheric feedback explains disparate climate response to regional Arctic sea-ice loss |
| title_fullStr | Atmospheric feedback explains disparate climate response to regional Arctic sea-ice loss |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atmospheric feedback explains disparate climate response to regional Arctic sea-ice loss |
| title_short | Atmospheric feedback explains disparate climate response to regional Arctic sea-ice loss |
| title_sort | atmospheric feedback explains disparate climate response to regional arctic sea ice loss |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00183-w |
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