Main finding:
The record low Northern Hemisphere (NH) winter sea ice maximum stemmed from a strong interannual surface anomaly in the Pacific sector, but it would not have been reached without long-term climate change.
Longer report:
EEE 2015 = Explaining Extreme Events of 2015 from a Climate Perspective
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