Categories: Cryosphere Capsules

Video of the Week: “The Arctic Ocean Could Experience its First Ice-free Day Before 2030”

Summarizing recent results from an Arctic sea ice paper last month on which she was co-author, Dr. Alexandra Jahn from the University of Colorado Boulder explained paper calculations of when the first occurrence of ice-free conditions in the Arctic Ocean will likely occur; and how emissions reductions today can greatly limit future ice-free periods and resulting global impacts.

Video recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtmXr_z8r-w
Associated Nature Communication paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54508-3

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