The Record Low Bering Sea Ice Extent in 2018: Context, Impacts, and an Assessment of the Role of Anthropogenic Climate Change
Richard Thoman, Uma S. Bhatt, Peter A. Bieniek, Brian Brettschneider, Michael Brubaker, Seth L. Danielson, Zachary M. Labe, Rick Lader, Walter N. Meier, Gay Sheffield, John E. Walsh
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.
Topics & Concepts
Context (archaeology)Climate changeEnvironmental scienceFuture sea levelReuseClimatologyOceanographySea icePhysical geographyMeteorologyGeographyGeologyArchaeologyArctic ice packAntarctic sea iceEngineeringWaste managementArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsClimate change and permafrostCryospheric studies and observations