The Arctic sea ice cover is in decline. The areal extent of the ice cover has
been decreasing for the past few decades at an accelerating rate. Evidence
also points to a decrease in sea ice thickness and a reduction in the amount
of thicker perennial sea ice. A general global warming trend has made the
ice cover more vulnerable to natural fluctuations in atmospheric and oceanic
forcing. The observed reduction in Arctic sea ice is a consequence of both
thermodynamic and dynamic processes, including such factors as preconditioning
of the ice cover, overall warming trends, changes in cloud coverage,
shifts in atmospheric circulation patterns, increased export of older ice out of the Arctic, advection of ocean heat from the Pacific and North Atlantic, enhanced solar heating of the ocean, and the ice-albedo feedback. The diminishing Arctic sea ice is creating social, political, economic, and ecological
challenges.
%0 Journal Article
%1 perovich_loss_2009
%A Perovich, Donald K
%A Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A
%D 2009
%J Annual Review of Marine Science
%K arctic arctic, change, climate feedback, ice ice-albedo ocean, sea
%P 417--441
%R 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163805
%T Loss of Sea Ice in the Arctic
%V 1
%X The Arctic sea ice cover is in decline. The areal extent of the ice cover has
been decreasing for the past few decades at an accelerating rate. Evidence
also points to a decrease in sea ice thickness and a reduction in the amount
of thicker perennial sea ice. A general global warming trend has made the
ice cover more vulnerable to natural fluctuations in atmospheric and oceanic
forcing. The observed reduction in Arctic sea ice is a consequence of both
thermodynamic and dynamic processes, including such factors as preconditioning
of the ice cover, overall warming trends, changes in cloud coverage,
shifts in atmospheric circulation patterns, increased export of older ice out of the Arctic, advection of ocean heat from the Pacific and North Atlantic, enhanced solar heating of the ocean, and the ice-albedo feedback. The diminishing Arctic sea ice is creating social, political, economic, and ecological
challenges.
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abstract = {The Arctic sea ice cover is in decline. The areal extent of the ice cover has
been decreasing for the past few decades at an accelerating rate. Evidence
also points to a decrease in sea ice thickness and a reduction in the amount
of thicker perennial sea ice. A general global warming trend has made the
ice cover more vulnerable to natural fluctuations in atmospheric and oceanic
forcing. The observed reduction in Arctic sea ice is a consequence of both
thermodynamic and dynamic processes, including such factors as preconditioning
of the ice cover, overall warming trends, changes in cloud coverage,
shifts in atmospheric circulation patterns, increased export of older ice out of the Arctic, advection of ocean heat from the Pacific and North Atlantic, enhanced solar heating of the ocean, and the ice-albedo feedback. The diminishing Arctic sea ice is creating social, political, economic, and ecological
challenges.},
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author = {Perovich, Donald K and Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A},
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journal = {Annual Review of Marine Science},
keywords = {arctic arctic, change, climate feedback, ice ice-albedo ocean, sea},
pages = {417--441},
timestamp = {2017-01-09T14:01:11.000+0100},
title = {Loss of {Sea} {Ice} in the {Arctic}},
volume = 1,
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}