Delayed Arctic ice advance tracked back to atmospheric conditions near Alaska months prior
E-Mail IMAGE: Researchers aboard the research vessel Mirai watched water vapor rise from the Chukchi Sea, resembling the mist that rises from a hot bath in a cold room. The Pacific Ocean... view more Credit: Photo by Jun Inoue, National Institute of Polar Research, CC BY-SA. Experts in Japan recently discovered that atmospheric conditions near Alaska can affect sea ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean months later. The team used various data, including ship-based data from 2018, to uncover how a single atmospheric event over the northern Pacific Ocean caused significantly delayed se...
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