What are the physical links between Arctic sea ice loss and Eurasian winter climate?

Rapid sea ice retreat and increases in temperature have characterised the Arctic basin in the last few decades. A number of studies have suggested that these changes have had a direct impact on extremes of weather and climate in the midlatitudes, while others have submitted that the evidence for thi...

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Published inEnvironmental research letters Vol. 9; no. 10; pp. 101003 - 101005
Main Authors Simmonds, Ian, Govekar, Pallavi D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.10.2014
Subjects
Arctic climate
Climate
Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream impacts
Ice
Ice cover
midlatitude weather
Polar environments
Sea ice
teleconnections
Temperature
weather extremes
Arctic region
AN, North Atlantic
PNE, Barents Sea
AN, North Atlantic, Gulf Stream
PN, Arctic Basin
PN, Arctic
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Summary:Rapid sea ice retreat and increases in temperature have characterised the Arctic basin in the last few decades. A number of studies have suggested that these changes have had a direct impact on extremes of weather and climate in the midlatitudes, while others have submitted that the evidence for this may not be robust. Sato et al (2014 Environ. Res. Lett. 9 084009) cast considerable light on this divergence of perspectives by revealing that apparent links between Barents Sea ice coverage and cold Eurasian winters form just a sector of a teleconnection pattern which originates remotely in the North Atlantic Gulf Stream region.
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ISSN:1748-9326
1748-9326
DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/101003