Artificial intelligence to predict Arctic sea ice loss

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool has been developed to enable more accurate prediction of Arctic sea ice conditions months into the future. Led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Alan Turing Institute, the research team believes its improved forecasts could underpin new systems to protect Arctic wildlife and coastal communities from the impacts of sea ice loss. The paper has been published in Nature Communications. Sea ice that appears at the North and South poles is difficult to forecast due to its complex relationship with the atmosphere and the ocean below it. The summer Arctic sea ice area has halved over the past four decades due to its sensitivity to increasing temperatures caused by global warming.