The Record Low Bering Sea Ice Extent in 2018: Context, Impacts, and an Assessment of the Role of Anthropogenic Climate Change

2020/01/01 by Richard Thoman, Richard L. Thoman, Uma S. Bhatt +11 · 84 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Antarctic sea ice #Archaeology #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Arctic ice pack #Climate change #Climate change and permafrost #Climatology #Context (archaeology) #Cryospheric studies and observations #Engineering #Environmental science #Future sea level #Geography #Geology #Meteorology #Oceanography #Physical geography #Reuse #Sea ice

paper · pdf · doi:10.1175/bams-d-19-0175.1

published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 101(1), S53-S58 (American Meteorological Society)

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Abstract

Record low Bering Sea sea ice in 2018 had profound regional impacts. According to climate models, human-caused warming was an overwhelmingly likely contributor, and such low levels will likely be typical by the 2040s.

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