Sentences with phrase «ice area fell»

Meantime, per Cryosphere, the Global Sea Ice Area fell by over 1 million km in a matter of about 5 days.

Satellite data show that the annual minimum for Arctic sea ice area fell 7 percent per decade between 1980 and 2000 — but since 2000 it has fallen 14 percent per decade.

Not exact matches

Their perception was [that the Shankill Road and the Falls Road] were miles apart and there was constant trouble in the area,» Little says of the 12 boys who came to have an on - ice session with a couple of players, participate in a discussion group and attend the Jan. 15 game against Nottingham.

As Backes tumbled to the ice and fell into the crease area, the back of Yanni Gourde's skate appeared to make contact just below Backes» right knee.

County Executive Rob Astorino announced plans to convert the area, which will be restored as a reflecting pool during the summer and an ice rink during fall and winter months.

Mouginot et al. report that between 2002 and 2014, the area covered by the glacier's ice shelf shrank by 95 %; since 1999, the glacier's flow rate has nearly doubled; and its acceleration increased threefold in the fall of 2012.

The rise in temperatures would raise the freezing line on the mountain, exposing more ice to melt and reducing the area where nourishing snow falls.

Early Sunday morning, I returned home to the Ann Arbor area after driving through the night all the way from Saint Paul, Minnesota, where I saw the Michigan Wolverines fail to clinch their tenth NCAA men's ice hockey Division I championship, falling to the Minnesota - Duluth Bulldogs in an overtime thriller by a score of 3 to 2.

An owner should know and avoid areas with potential water hazards and keep their dog on a leash to avoid falling through broken ice.

While some of the abilities sound cool in theory — Ymir can throw up an ice wall to block attacks, for example; Osiris can summon the dead to reach up through the ground and grab enemies within a defined area; Ratatoskr can throw four acorns in a cone, damaging any enemies within the attack's range and radius — they generally fall flat in execution.

On the other side are possible increase of snow fall in some areas, impediments to movement of ice to the sea such as mountain ranges (especially relevant in the GIS) and underwater ridges... what else?

Arctic sea ice has been shrinking more rapidly, falling to its lowest volume and second lowest area on record during the 2011 summer melt season.

Extent, for once, is crucial in determining the amount of absorbed solar radiation, the area of polar bear (and other animals») habitat, the amount of snow that falls onto sea ice, etc..

Other pages display maps of individual glaciers, with white regions indicating the «accumulation zone,» where snow falls and adds to the mass, and gray stippled areas showing the «ablation zone,» where melting eats away at the ice.

Generally, in this region you may have several melt re-freeze cycles, with a blanket of new fallen snow with a reflectivity in the UV range of near 90 % versus something in the area of 50 % of ice within the first foot.

The NASA icesat & glaciology study that showed Antarctic continental ice mass increasing with declining snow fall for decades, and melt area limited to ~ 2 % of coastal Antarctica.

The paper actually talks about total snowfall, not extent and it does point out that it is autumn sea ice extent that is the important factor, whereas Willis has looked at total annual sea ice area and snow extent as opposed to total fall.

Sea ice extent is defined as the surface area enclosed by the sea ice edge (where sea ice concentration falls below 15 %).

Indeed, if we closely look back at the map of the «rising» /» falling» tide gauges in Figure 8, we can see that some areas which would have been under or near the ice sheets during the glacial era show mostly «falling» trends (e.g., Fennoscandia in northern Europe, Alaska in US), while neighbouring areas show mostly «rising» trends (e.g., the parts of northern Europe south of Fennoscandia, northeastern North America).

The regression - based forecast submitted by Tivy for the Greenland Sea (Figure 7) also shows a reduction in September sea ice area compared to 2009 based on fall (Sep - Oct - Nov) sea surface temperature anomalies in the North Atlantic.

When pointed out that, in the Antarctic, there are many places where there is increased ice pack over the last few decades, even if some shelf here or there falls into the ocean, we are told that the mass isn't as important as the area.

Even though the area of Antarctic ice has increased in recent years the volume has fallen so, with sea ice extents, it isn't simply a question of deducting one increase from another decrease.

In fall of 2009, the area of second - year sea ice has increased relative to 2007 and 2008.

Precipitation: increased freshwater / iceberg flux cools ocean mixed layer, increases sea ice area, causing increase of precipitation that falls before it reaches Antarctica, adding to ocean surface freshening and reducing ice sheet growth.

The evidence for AGW covers a number of areas: increases in CO2 levels, overall warming, a rise in sea levels, falls in snow cover, receding glaciers, a decrease in Arctic ice, earlier springs, treelines moving towards the poles.

Getting your reasons ready for when ice area does not fall below 4M sq km.

As a consequence the sea ice area on the Atlantic periphery reduced enough to cause Arctic wide sea ice area to fall yesterday:

It is not, however, without its risks, and a snowmobile accident — ranging from a collision to a wipe - out to falling through ice — can cause serious personal injuries requiring weeks of recovery, sometimes in isolated areas with little access to immediate medical care.

From ice storms to tornadoes, natural disasters are common in this area, and wind can quickly damage your roof or cause falling trees.

During the winter seasons my duties include: shoveling, salting and checking walk ways for ice and potential fall risk areas.