Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

New climate models reveal faster and larger increases in Arctic precipitation than previously projected

  • Michelle R. McCrystall,
  • Julienne Stroeve,
  • Mark Serreze,
  • Bruce C. Forbes,
  • James A. Screen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27031-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The Arctic warms faster than other areas of the planet, which also influences precipitation. Here, the authors show that the latest CMIP6 model ensemble shows a faster Arctic warming and sea-ice loss, causing an earlier transition from a snow- to a rain-dominated Arctic than previously thought.