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Remote connections in the Arctic

The glaciers in the Arctic are affected greatly by the amplified warming of this region. Work now documents a link between variations in the annual mass balance of Arctic glaciers and changes in tropospheric circulation patterns.

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Fig. 1: The Austfonna ice cap in the Svalbard archipelago.

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Sandberg Sørensen, L. Remote connections in the Arctic. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 222–223 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01308-6

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