Extreme weather and climate events in northern areas: A review

JE Walsh, TJ Ballinger, ES Euskirchen, E Hanna… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The greatest impacts of climate change on ecosystems, wildlife and humans often arise from
extreme events rather than changes in climatic means. Northern high latitudes, including the …

Trends and variability in polar sea ice, global atmospheric circulations, and baroclinicity

I Simmonds, M Li - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze the polar sea ice distribution and the global sea level pressure (SLP) and
baroclinicity distributions over the “satellite” period of 1979–2020. In the Arctic, there are …

Future projections of Mediterranean cyclone characteristics using the Med-CORDEX ensemble of coupled regional climate system models

M Reale, WD Cabos Narvaez, L Cavicchia, D Conte… - Climate dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Here, we analyze future projections of cyclone activity in the Mediterranean region at the
end of the twenty-first century based on an ensemble of state-of-the-art fully-coupled …

Cyclones modulate the control of the North Atlantic Oscillation on transports into the Barents Sea

FO Heukamp, L Aue, Q Wang, M Ionita… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The warm Atlantic Water transported into the Barents Sea plays a crucial role in
winter sea ice extent, marine ecosystems, and mid-latitude weather. The North Atlantic …

[HTML][HTML] North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds

M Clairbaux, P Mathewson, W Porter, J Fort, H Strøm… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Each winter, the North Atlantic Ocean is the stage for numerous cyclones, the most
severe ones leading to seabird mass-mortality events called" winter wrecks." 1–3 During …

Reduced sea ice enhances intensification of winter storms over the Arctic Ocean

AD Crawford, JV Lukovich, MR McCrystall… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
The ideal environment for extratropical cyclone development includes strong vertical shear
of horizontal wind and low static stability in the atmosphere. Arctic sea ice loss enhances the …

[HTML][HTML] Meteorological and cloud conditions during the Arctic Ocean 2018 expedition

J Vüllers, P Achtert, IM Brooks… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Arctic Ocean 2018 (AO2018) took place in the central Arctic Ocean in August
and September 2018 on the Swedish icebreaker Oden. An extensive suite of …

Driving mechanisms of an extreme winter sea ice breakup event in the Beaufort Sea

JW Rheinlænder, R Davy, E Ólason… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The thick multiyear sea ice that once covered large parts of the Arctic is increasingly being
replaced by thinner and weaker first‐year ice, making it more vulnerable to breakup by …

Heat balance of a low-elevated Svalbard glacier during the ablation season: A case study of Aldegondabreen

U Prokhorova, A Terekhov, B Ivanov… - Arctic, Antarctic, and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
On the basis of in situ weather observations and a physical-based model, verified by a
glaciological method, this article investigates the surface energy balance of the …

Insight into real-world complexities is required to enable effective response from the aquaculture sector to climate change

L Falconer, TC Telfer, A Garrett, Ø Hermansen… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
This study demonstrates how a comprehensive knowledge base can be used by the
aquaculture industry, researchers, and policymakers as a foundation for more targeted and …