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The poleward enhanced Arctic Ocean cooling machine in a warming climate

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  • Qi Shu

    (First Institute of Oceanography, and Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Ministry of Natural Resources
    Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
    Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling)

  • Qiang Wang

    (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI))

  • Zhenya Song

    (First Institute of Oceanography, and Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Ministry of Natural Resources
    Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
    Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling)

  • Fangli Qiao

    (First Institute of Oceanography, and Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Ministry of Natural Resources
    Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
    Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling)

Abstract

As a cooling machine of the Arctic Ocean, the Barents Sea releases most of the incoming ocean heat originating from the North Atlantic. The related air-sea heat exchange plays a crucial role in both regulating the climate and determining the deep circulation in the Arctic Ocean and beyond. It was reported that the cooling efficiency of this cooling machine has decreased significantly. In this study, we find that the overall cooling efficiency did not really drop: When the cooling efficiency decreased in the southern Barents Sea, it increased in the northern Barents and Kara Seas, indicating that the cooling machine has expanded poleward. According to climate model projections, it is very likely that the cooling machine will continue to expand to the Kara Sea and then to the Arctic Basin in a warming climate. As a result, the Arctic Atlantification will be enhanced and pushed poleward in the future.

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  • Qi Shu & Qiang Wang & Zhenya Song & Fangli Qiao, 2021. "The poleward enhanced Arctic Ocean cooling machine in a warming climate," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-23321-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23321-7
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    1. Ø. Foss & J. Maton & G. Moholdt & L. S. Schmidt & D. A. Sutherland & I. Fer & F. Nilsen & J. Kohler & A. Sundfjord, 2024. "Ocean warming drives immediate mass loss from calving glaciers in the high Arctic," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.

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