Antarctic sea-ice expansion between 2000 and 2014 driven by tropical Pacific decadal climate variability

Antarctic sea-ice extent has been increasing. Analyses of climate simulations and observations show that atmospheric conditions conducive to Antarctic sea-ice expansion were favoured by the negative phase of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation.

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