Seasonal to Decadal Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice: Challenges and Strategies

by Polar Research Board, Committee on the Future of Arctic Sea Ice Research in Support of Seasonal-To-Decadal Predictions, Division on Earth and Life Studies, et al.

Recent well documented reductions in the thickness and extent of Arctic sea ice cover, which can be linked to the warming climate, are affecting the global climate system and are also affecting the global economic system as marine access to the Arctic region and natural resource development increase. Satellite data show that during each of the past six summers, sea ice cover has shrunk to its smallest in three decades. The composition of the ice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309265266
• ISBN13: 9780309265263
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"