Open AccessAncient Perspectives on Arctic Climate Change and Ice Sheet Dynamics: APEX Fourth International Conference and Workshop: Arctic Paleoclimate Proxies and Chronologies; Höfn, Iceland, 26–30 May 2010
Author(s) -
Applegate Patrick,
Fisher Timothy G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2010eo470006
Subject(s) - paleoclimatology , climatology , ice sheet , arctic , climate change , arctic ice pack , greenland ice sheet , sea ice , arctic geoengineering , cryosphere , arctic sea ice decline , glacier , oceanography , global warming , latitude , geology , environmental science , physical geography , antarctic sea ice , geography , geodesy
The Arctic is particularly sensitive to climate change. In a warming world, reductions in ice‐covered area on land and sea increase the amount of solar radiation absorbed at the Earth's surface. Thus, temperatures should increase more rapidly at high northern latitudes than elsewhere. Modern observations of temperature increases, reductions in the mass balances of the Greenland ice sheet and small glaciers, and loss of sea ice extent confirm climate scientists' expectations of enhanced Arctic response to climate change.