Arctic Ocean warming contributes to reduced polar ice cap

• Main Authors: Polyakov, Igor V, Timokhov, Leonid A, Alexeev, Vladimir A, Bacon, Sheldon, Dmitrenko, Igor A, Fortier, Louis, Frolov, Ivan E, Gascard, Jean-Claude, Hansen, Edmond, Ivanov, Vladimir V, Laxon, Seymour, Mauritzen, Cecilie, Perovich, Don, Shimada, Koji, Simmons, Harper L, Sokolov, Vladimir T, Steele, Michael, Toole, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Climatology; Paleoceanography

Analysis of modern and historical observations demonstrates that the temperature of the intermediate-depth (150–900 m) Atlantic water (AW) of the Arctic Ocean has increased in recent decades. The AW warming has been uneven in time; a local 1°C maximum was observed in the mid-1990s, followed by an in...