Antarctic shelf ocean warming and sea ice melt affected by projected El Niño changes
Cai, W.; Jia, F.; Li, S.; Purich, A.; Wang, G.; Wu, L.; Gan, B.; Santoso, A.; Geng, T.; Ng, B.; Yang, Y.; Ferreira, D.; Meehl, G.A.; McPhaden, M.J. (2023). Antarctic shelf ocean warming and sea ice melt affected by projected El Niño changes. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13(3): 235-239. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01610-x
In: Nature Climate Change. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1758-678X; e-ISSN 1758-6798, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Cai, W.
- Jia, F.
- Li, S.
- Purich, A.
- Wang, G.
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- Wu, L.
- Gan, B.
- Santoso, A.
- Geng, T.
- Ng, B.
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- Yang, Y.
- Ferreira, D.
- Meehl, G.A.
- McPhaden, M.J.
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| Abstract |
Antarctic shelf ocean warming affects melt of ice shelf/sheets and sea ice but projected changes vary vastly across climate models. A projected increase in El Niño variability has been found to slow future mid-latitude Southern Ocean warming but how this impacts the Antarctic shelf ocean is unknown. Here we show that a projected increase in El Niño variability accelerates Antarctic shelf ocean warming, hastening ice shelf/sheet melt but slowing sea ice reduction. |
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