Observing and modeling ice sheet surface mass balance

JTM Lenaerts, B Medley… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Surface mass balance (SMB) provides mass input to the surface of the Antarctic and
Greenland Ice Sheets and therefore comprises an important control on ice sheet mass …

Modes of climate variability: Synthesis and review of proxy-based reconstructions through the Holocene

A Hernández, C Martin-Puertas, P Moffa-Sánchez… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Modes of climate variability affect global and regional climates on different spatio-temporal
scales, and they have important impacts on human activities and ecosystems. As these …

Permafrost is warming at a global scale

BK Biskaborn, SL Smith, J Noetzli, H Matthes… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Permafrost warming has the potential to amplify global climate change, because when
frozen sediments thaw it unlocks soil organic carbon. Yet to date, no globally consistent …

Climate warming amplified the 2020 record-breaking heatwave in the Antarctic Peninsula

S González-Herrero, D Barriopedro, RM Trigo… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
February 2020 was anomalously warm in the Antarctic Peninsula region and registered one
of the most intense heatwaves ever recorded in Western Antarctica. The event featured …

Record warming at the South Pole during the past three decades

KR Clem, RL Fogt, J Turner, BR Lintner… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Over the last three decades, the South Pole has experienced a record-high statistically
significant warming of 0.61±0.34° C per decade, more than three times the global average …

An assessment of ERA5 reanalysis for Antarctic near-surface air temperature

J Zhu, A Xie, X Qin, Y Wang, B Xu, Y Wang - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) released its latest
reanalysis dataset named ERA5 in 2017. To assess the performance of ERA5 in Antarctica …

Linkages between stratospheric ozone, UV radiation and climate change and their implications for terrestrial ecosystems

JF Bornman, PW Barnes, TM Robson… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Exposure of plants and animals to ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B; 280–315 nm) is modified by
stratospheric ozone dynamics and climate change. Even though stabilisation and projected …

Polar regions. chapter 3, ipcc special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate

M Meredith, M Sommerkorn, S Cassotta, C Derksen… - 2019 - repository.library.noaa.gov
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica

N Cannone, F Malfasi, SE Favero-Longo, P Convey… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
The strong air temperature warming between the 1950s and 2016 in the Antarctic Peninsula
region 1 exceeded the global average warming 2, 3 with evident impacts on terrestrial …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the observed air temperature in the Antarctic Peninsula. Did the warming trend come back after the early 21st hiatus?

JF Carrasco, D Bozkurt, RR Cordero - Polar Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent changes in the near-surface air temperature (nSAT) in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP)
suggests that the absence of 21st century warming on Antarctic Peninsula may be coming to …