The thinning of Arctic sea ice

作者：R. Kwok, Norbert Untersteiner · 发表于：Physics Today · 年份：2011 · DOI：10.1063/1.3580491 · 被引用次数：265 · 研究领域：Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics、Climate change and permafrost、Cryospheric studies and observations

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.