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

Aiguo Dai; Dehai Luo; Mirong Song; Jiping Liu

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07954-9

Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

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

Aiguo Dai,
Dehai Luo,
Mirong Song,
Jiping Liu

Affiliations

Aiguo Dai: Department of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY
Dehai Luo: CAS RCE-TEA, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mirong Song: LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiping Liu: Department of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07954-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The cause of Arctic amplification is still heavily debated. Here the authors present climate change simulations to show that sea-ice loss is essential for the existence of Arctic amplification.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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