- Published
- 2023-09-13
- Venue
- Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 4, no. 1
- Cited by
- 337
- Open access
- Yes, gold
- DOI
- 10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9
Abstract
In February 2023, Antarctic sea ice set a record minimum; there have now been three record-breaking low sea ice summers in seven years. Following the summer minimum, circumpolar Antarctic sea ice coverage remained exceptionally low during the autumn and winter advance, leading to the largest negative areal extent anomalies observed over the satellite era. Here, we show the confluence of Southern Ocean subsurface warming and record minima and suggest that ocean warming has played a role in pushing Antarctic sea ice into a new low-extent state. In addition, this new state exhibits different seasonal persistence characteristics, suggesting that the underlying processes controlling Antarctic sea ice coverage may have altered.
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- APA 7
Purich, A., & Doddridge, E. W. (2023). Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9
- MLA 9
Purich, Ariaan, and Edward W. Doddridge. "Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state." Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 4, no. 1, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9.
- Chicago
Purich, Ariaan, and Edward W. Doddridge. "Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state." Communications Earth & Environment 4, no. 1 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9.
- GOST
Purich A., Doddridge E. W. Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state // Communications Earth & Environment. — 2023. — Vol. 4, № 1. — URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9
- BibTeX
@article{purich2023record, title = {{Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state}}, author = {Ariaan Purich and Edward W. Doddridge}, journal = {Communications Earth \& Environment}, year = {2023}, volume = {4}, number = {1}, doi = {10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9} }- RIS
TY - JOUR AU - Purich, Ariaan AU - Doddridge, Edward W. TI - Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state JO - Communications Earth & Environment VL - 4 IS - 1 PY - 2023 DA - 2023/09/13 DO - 10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9 UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9 ER -