The Arctic shifts to a new normal

2013/10/01 by Martin O. Jeffries, James E. Overland, Donald K. Perovich · 187 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Medicine · #Arctic #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Climate change and permafrost #Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) #Cryospheric studies and observations #Geology #Internal medicine #Medicine #New normal #Oceanography #Physics #The arctic

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/pt.3.2147

published in Physics Today 66(10), 35-40 (AIP Publishing)

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Abstract

Thinning sea ice, thawing permafrost, and greening tundra are among numerous pervasive trends in today’s Arctic.

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