They, however, didn't seem to be considering ramifications for anything else but sea ice distribution. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
El Niño causes higher sea level pressure, warmer air temperature and warmer sea surface temperature in west Antarctica that affect sea ice distribution. (sciencedaily.com)
Both full sea ice models and seasonal melt projections applied to detailed sea ice distributions and trajectories provided the main semi-quantitative information for the Outlook. (searcharcticscience.org)