Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Memory effects of Eurasian land processes cause enhanced cooling in response to sea ice loss

  • Tetsu Nakamura,
  • Koji Yamazaki,
  • Tomonori Sato,
  • Jinro Ukita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13124-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The connection between Arctic sea ice loss and mid-latitude cooling in Eurasia has been widely debated. Here, model experiments reveal that the persistence of sea ice loss-related snow and soil temperature anomalies in Eurasia may lead to further cooling in the following winters.