Arctic sea-ice loss is projected to lead to more frequent strong El Niño events

Jiping Liu; Mirong Song; Zhu Zhu; Radley M. Horton; Yongyun Hu; Shang-Ping Xie

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32705-2

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Arctic sea-ice loss is projected to lead to more frequent strong El Niño events

Jiping Liu,
Mirong Song,
Zhu Zhu,
Radley M. Horton,
Yongyun Hu,
Shang-Ping Xie

Affiliations

Jiping Liu: Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York
Mirong Song: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhu Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Radley M. Horton: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Earth Institute
Yongyun Hu: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University
Shang-Ping Xie: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32705-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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With an ice-free Arctic, strong El Niño frequency increases 1/3 + . Almost half the increase by 2100 links to Arctic ice loss, not other greenhouse forcing. The Arctic’s influence on ENSO may represent a novel driver of changing climate extremes globally.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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