The thinning of Arctic sea ice
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- 1 April 2011
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 64 (4), 36-41
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3580491
Abstract
The surplus heat needed to explain the loss of Arctic sea ice during the past few decades is on the order of 1 W/m2. Observing, attributing, and predicting such a small amount of energy remain daunting problems.Keywords
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