Drivers and distribution of global ocean heat uptake over the last half century

This study improves on limitations of the most commonly used spin-up approach for ocean-sea ice models. The authors find that, over the last 50 years, atmospheric changes over the Southern Ocean have driven almost all of the global ocean heat uptake.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maurice F. Huguenin, Ryan M. Holmes, Matthew H. England
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32540-5