05-12-2016, 10:27 PM
An open Arctic would have huge climatic effects throughout middle and high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. Most of the Arctic is open-water surface, and where open water replaces ice, the open water becomes a very absorbent surface instead of a reflective surface. Should the Arctic be open in the early summer, then even the North Pole becomes intensely warmed in the summer.
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Such would drastically change the ocean currents, rainfall patterns, and wind regimes.
Such would drastically change the ocean currents, rainfall patterns, and wind regimes.
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