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CLIMATE CHANGE IN
THE ARCTIC
Zachary Labe
Postdoc at Colorado State University
1 November 2021
CASSINI Hackathon Finland
Nordic Startup School
@ZLabe
ZACHARY LABE, PH.D.
Climate Scientist at Colorado State University, USA
zmlabe@rams.colostate.edu
RESEARCHER
Climate signal vs. weather noise
@ZLabe
COMMUNICATOR
RESEARCHER
Arctic climate change
STORYTELLER
Simple, bold data visualization
Warmer
Colder
Now!
Start of
satellite-era
Polar Amplification:
acceleration of warming in
high latitudes relative to
the rest of the globe
Polar Amplification:
acceleration of warming in
high latitudes relative to
the rest of the globe
The Arctic.
The Arctic.
WHY?
Sea ice extent is dropping
at a rate of nearly
0.8 million km2/decade
Temperatures rising >3x as
fast as the globally
averaged mean
Satellite-era
Uncertainties!
Climate Variability
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t
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t
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m
p
l
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f
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c
a
t
i
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n
[ SIT ]
Sea Ice
Thickness
Depth between sea
surface and ice/snow
layer
[ SIC ]
Sea Ice
Concentration
Fraction (%) of seawater
covered by ice
Snow
Ice
[ SIE ]
Sea Ice
Extent
Area of seawater
covered by any
amount of ice (>15%)
[ SIT ]
Sea Ice
Thickness
Depth between sea
surface and ice/snow
layer
[ SIC ]
Sea Ice
Concentration
Fraction (%) of seawater
covered by ice
Snow
Ice
[ SIE ]
Sea Ice
Extent
Area of seawater
covered by any
amount of ice (>15%)
[ SIT ]
Sea Ice
Thickness
Depth between sea
surface and ice/snow
layer
[ SIC ]
Sea Ice
Concentration
Fraction (%) of seawater
covered by ice
Snow
Ice
[ SIE ]
Sea Ice
Extent
Area of seawater
covered by any
amount of ice (>15%)
[Goosse
et
al.
2018]
Ice-covered
No Ice
Observing ice.
SEA-ICE EXTENT
2 km
SEA-ICE THICKNESS
1.5 m
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
We also use climate
models!
Modeling vs. Field Work
R/V Lance – Greenland Sea – May 2017
Snow pits
MOSAiC – 2019/2020
https://mosaic-expedition.org/science/
Trends &
Variability.
The extent of Arctic sea ice is decreasing…
The thickness of Arctic sea ice is decreasing…
The volume of Arctic sea ice is decreasing…
The age of Arctic sea ice is getting younger…
Future projections.
Climate model projection of summer sea ice through 2100
1920-1962 1980-1997
1998-2015
2006-2042
1963-2005
2043-2080
LENS
LABE ET AL. 2018, JCLI
Historical
Record
Future
Projections
A CLIMATE MODEL
Changes to
weather.
JET STREAM
[Visualization
by
NASA/JPL
Hyperwall]
WHY?
How does Arctic amplification
influence extreme weather
events?
Has it?
Will it?
Can it?
Necessary to understand
mechanisms of Arctic climate
variability before assessing
future local/remote responses
Barnes and
Screen [2015]
COLD
EXTREMES
LABE ET AL. 2019, GRL
Regional impacts.
[International
Arctic
Research
Center
[IARC;
University
of
Alaska,
Fairbanks]
Increasing
economic
activity in
the Arctic
Looking back.
https://www.oldweather.org/
Looking ahead.
October-November – Relative to the years of 1951-1980
Our planet
without change…
ARCTIC
NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE
[Modified from SWIPA, 2017]
[0°C]
[14°C]
[7°C]
High Emissions
Low Emissions
Climate Model Projections Climate Model Projections
It’s not
too late!
PLOT BY ED HAWKINS
KEY POINTS
Zachary Labe
zmlabe@rams.colostate.edu
@ZLabe
Climate change has already emerged in the Arctic.
Improvements to observations and models will reduce uncertainty in
future climate projections.
We can still prevent the worst of the impacts in the Arctic.

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