… We present evidence showing that the recent increases in European heat waves and
blockings may be related to the combined influence of reductions in the ASIC and EASC via …

… have during the recent decades lost their sea ice cover or where the sea ice has become
thinner, … The local responses to negative Arctic sea ice anomalies included increased heat and …

… response of cold and warm extremes under two Arctic sea-… We analyze the average for the
last 200 years (200 ensemble … We find that as the reduction of Arctic sea ice increases from …

… that in the last decades there was an increase of heat wave … Arctic Ocean the warming
rate is slower, likely because the additional heating is used for melting sea ice, and over the ice …

… in response to reduced sea ice cover, may have enhanced … significantly underestimate the
recent Arctic sea ice decline 5 … past two decades, based on ERA-Interim, reveals that recent …

… Sea ice shrinkage is associated with increased heat waves in … between decreased Arctic
Sea ice and heat wave events in … 40 years and the SST and SIC impact of early spring sea ice …

… ice growth in more recent years (figure 6). The single largest … cover to shrink and thus serve
to visualize the often invisible … of the ice loss in response to a slow increase in the external …

… driving the increase in heat wave events in recent decades and … feature of Arctic Amplification
is declining Arctic sea ice. … to the opposite responses of the SIC and heat waves to global …

… over the Arctic Ocean for the past several decades vary … , increasing precipitation over western
and southern Europe in winter. … cooling in response to increasing GHG concentrations, or …

… Part I: Main features and storm track characteristics of the response. J. Climate, 17 , 857–876…
trend in Arctic sea ice covered area for each month (% per decade). Monthly mean sea ice …