| 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 |