Melting sea ice in Antarctica causes ocean storms, scientists say
Source(s):
PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd
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For this study, Simon Josey of the UK's National Oceanography Center and colleagues focused on three regions that experienced unusually high levels of sea-ice retreat that year.
Using satellite imagery, ocean and atmospheric data, and wind and temperature measurements, they found some newly ice-free areas experienced double the heat loss compared to a stabler period before 2015.
This was accompanied by "increases in atmospheric-storm frequency" over previously ice-covered regions, the authors found.
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The loss of heat caused by reduced sea ice could have implications for how the ocean circulates and the wider climate system, the study added.
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