Barents-Kara sea-ice decline attributed to surface warming in the Gulf Stream

Climate model simulations show that for 1970-2017 externally-forced sea surface temperature increases in the Gulf Stream explain up to 56% of the sea-ice decline in the Barents-Kara Sea during winter via poleward oceanic heat transport.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yoko Yamagami, Masahiro Watanabe, Masato Mori, Jun Ono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31117-6