Delayed Antarctic sea-ice decline in high-resolution climate change simulations

Thomas Rackow; Sergey Danilov; Helge F. Goessling; Hartmut H. Hellmer; Dmitry V. Sein; Tido Semmler; Dmitry Sidorenko; Thomas Jung

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28259-y

Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Delayed Antarctic sea-ice decline in high-resolution climate change simulations

Thomas Rackow,
Sergey Danilov,
Helge F. Goessling,
Hartmut H. Hellmer,
Dmitry V. Sein,
Tido Semmler,
Dmitry Sidorenko,
Thomas Jung

Affiliations

Thomas Rackow: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Sergey Danilov: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Helge F. Goessling: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Hartmut H. Hellmer: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Dmitry V. Sein: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Tido Semmler: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Dmitry Sidorenko: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Thomas Jung: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28259-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Delayed Antarctic sea-ice decline is linked to Southern Ocean eddies - and their explicit treatment in models is crucial. New multi-resolution climate change projections give a possible reason for low confidence in IPCC’s current 21st-century Antarctic sea-ice projections.

Published in Nature Communications

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