Table 2. Hypothesized physical changes in the Bering Sea under a global warming scenario.

Physical Process | Hypothesized Change
--- | ---
| I. Atmosphere
Surface air temperatures | Increase
Storm intensities | Decrease
Storm frequencies | Increase
Sea level pressure | Decrease in N. Bering
Southerly wind | Increase
Humidity | Increase
Precipitation | Increase
Fresh water runoff | Increase
| II. Circulation and Transports
Alaskan Stream | Probable decrease
Near Strait Inflow | Decrease
Bering Slope Current | Decrease
Kamchatka Current | Decrease
Bering Strait Outflow | Unknown, competing effects
Unimak Pass inflow | Unknown
Shelf coastal current | Unknown
| III. Hydrography
Sea level | Increase
Sea surface temperature | Increase
Shelf bottom temperature | Increase
Basin stratification | Increase
Shelf stratification | Unknown, competing effects
Mixing energy | Decrease
Eddy activity | Unknown
Shelf break nutrient supply | Decrease
| IV. Sea Ice
Extent | Decrease
Thickness | Decrease
Brine rejection | Decrease