Understanding Arctic Ocean circulation: A review of ocean dynamics in a changing climate

ML Timmermans, J Marshall - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Arctic Ocean is a focal point of climate change, with ocean warming,
freshening, sea‐ice decline, and circulation that link to the changing atmospheric and …

The Arctic's rapidly shrinking sea ice cover: a research synthesis

JC Stroeve, MC Serreze, MM Holland, JE Kay… - Climatic change, 2012 - Springer
The sequence of extreme September sea ice extent minima over the past decade suggests
acceleration in the response of the Arctic sea ice cover to external forcing, hastening the …

Twenty-first century ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and upper-ocean nutrient and primary production decline from CMIP6 model projections

L Kwiatkowski, O Torres, L Bopp, O Aumont… - …, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Anthropogenic climate change is projected to lead to ocean warming, acidification,
deoxygenation, reductions in near-surface nutrients, and changes to primary production, all …

Arctic amplification is caused by sea-ice loss under increasing CO2

A Dai, D Luo, M Song, J Liu - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Warming in the Arctic has been much faster than the rest of the world in both observations
and model simulations, a phenomenon known as the Arctic amplification (AA) whose cause …

Near-term climate change: projections and predictability

B Kirtman, SB Power, AJ Adedoyin, GJ Boer, R Bojariu… - 2013 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
This chapter assesses the scientific literature describing expectations for near-term climate
(present through mid-century). Unless otherwise stated," near-term" change and the …

Warming and Freshening of the Pacific Inflow to the Arctic from 1990‐2019 implying dramatic shoaling in Pacific Winter Water ventilation of the Arctic water column

RA Woodgate, C Peralta‐Ferriz - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Pacific inflow to the Arctic traditionally brings heat in summer, melting sea ice; dense
waters in winter, refreshing the Arctic's cold halocline; and nutrients year‐round, supporting …

The role of the Barents Sea in the Arctic climate system

LH Smedsrud, I Esau, RB Ingvaldsen… - Reviews of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Present global warming is amplified in the Arctic and accompanied by unprecedented sea
ice decline. Located along the main pathway of Atlantic Water entering the Arctic, the …

The emergence of surface-based Arctic amplification

MC Serreze, AP Barrett, JC Stroeve, DN Kindig… - The …, 2009 - tc.copernicus.org
Rises in surface and lower troposphere air temperatures through the 21st century are
projected to be especially pronounced over the Arctic Ocean during the cold season. This …

History of sea ice in the Arctic

L Polyak, RB Alley, JT Andrews… - Quaternary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Arctic sea-ice extent and volume are declining rapidly. Several studies project that the Arctic
Ocean may become seasonally ice-free by the year 2040 or even earlier. Putting this into …

Warm Arctic—cold continents: climate impacts of the newly open Arctic Sea

JE Overland, KR Wood, M Wang - Polar Research, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Recent Arctic changes are likely due to coupled Arctic amplification mechanisms with
increased linkage between Arctic climate and sub-Arctic weather. Historically, sea ice grew …