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Research brief: Indian Ocean played key role in rapid 2016 Antarctic ice decline

June 27, 2019 11:17 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Indian Ocean played key role in rapid 2016 Antarctic ice decline

Antarctic sea ice had been growing in area since 1979, despite the influence of global warming. Then unexpectedly in the austral spring of 2016, there was a rapid decline. CLEX researchers used multiple runs of a coupled ocean-atmosphere climate model to investigate whether these distant influences played a role and, if so, the level of the contribution to the sea-ice decline.

Research brief: What caused the rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in 2016?

January 18, 2019 10:43 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: What caused the rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in 2016?

Antarctic sea ice extent underwent a rapid decline in the spring of 2016 and is still well below average now. CLEX researchers have tied the decline to natural variability of both the atmosphere and ocean in two articles published in Nature Communications this month.