Sentences with phrase «less ice cover leads»

Less ice cover leads to more solar heating throughout the Arctic Ocean, and ocean photosynthesis increases as more light penetrates into the water, ultimately resulting in «changes at the base of the ocean food chain,» according to the video.

Not exact matches

Anyone who accepts that sunlight falling on ice free waters which has less reflectivity than sunlight falling on a large ice mass covering those waters and also accepts that this reduction in albedo has a positive feedback effect, leading to further warming, can't help but opt for A or B, it seems to me.

In addition, less ice cover can lead to more evaporation and lower water levels while warmer water contributes to more algal blooms and impaired water quality, she says.

Less snow / ice cover can lead to colder winter temps; the Dry Valleys of Antarctic are among the coldest places on Earth.

An increase of solar radiation will lead to a rising temperature, to an extent depending on the amount of ice on the surface; an ice cover will reflect much of the extra radiation away, causing less heating, until eventually the heating is sufficient to melt the ice.

Ice cover loss can influence winds and precipitation on other continents, possibly leading to less rain in the western United States and creating more in Europe.