Global warming due to loss of large ice masses and Arctic summer sea ice

Nico Wunderling; Matteo Willeit; Jonathan F. Donges; Ricarda Winkelmann

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18934-3

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Global warming due to loss of large ice masses and Arctic summer sea ice

Nico Wunderling,
Matteo Willeit,
Jonathan F. Donges,
Ricarda Winkelmann

Affiliations

Nico Wunderling: Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association
Matteo Willeit: Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association
Jonathan F. Donges: Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association
Ricarda Winkelmann: Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18934-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The disintegration of cryosphere elements such as the Arctic summer sea ice, mountain glaciers, Greenland and West Antarctica is associated with temperature and radiative feedbacks. In this work, the authors quantify these feedbacks and find an additional global warming of 0.43°C.

Published in Nature Communications

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