Fairly recent science says that lack of sea ice also means the Jet Stream, and the Polar Vortex, will be disturbed, forming unnatural bends, tending to settle for longer, moving slower. (ecoshock.org)
At the risk of belabouring the point that lack of sea ice does not seem to be a reasonable explanation for this phenomenon (see my last two posts, here and here, and Andrew Montford's excellent additions here), I think this is a possibility that needs to be considered. (polarbearscience.com)
«As krill stock started to decline dramatically with the lack of sea ice in the late 1980s, so did the survival of these young,» said Trivelpiece, whose work will be published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (scientificamerican.com)