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Article: TAKING STOCK OF ARCTIC SEA ICE AND CLIMATE
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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The Arctic is characterized by strong natural variability, intricate feedbacks, and a multiyear memory for ocean-ice-atmosphere processes. Recent and unprecedented change to the Arctic climate system, however, appears to have been forced by both anthropogenic change and natural variability, together with feedbacks among the sea ice, atmosphere, and ocean. This was the consensus of discussions and presentations 'during a symposium at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in late 2008. Changes in the Arctic include increasing atmospheric and oceanic temperatures, ocean freshening, unusual atmospheric circulation patterns, and the decline of sea ice (e.g., Richter-Menge et al. 2008). The ...