| Maps illustrating current pack ice (thicker than 0.5 meters) extent and extent under a carbon dioxide doubling scenario. Light blue shows spring maximum pack ice, white shows autumn minimum pack. (Based on Washington, W. M. ; Meehl, G. A. 1996 High-latitude climate change in a global coupled ocean-atmosphere-sea ice model with increased atmospheric CO2 , J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 101 , No. D8 , p. 12,795-12,802) |
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