Sentences with phrase «sea ice retreats during»

Sea ice retreats during the summer, reaching its minimum extent in September.

Not exact matches

I am very well aware and have previously blogged that there are multiple factors that determine the degree of ice lost any given year — but the literature is clear that even in 2007, global warming played «a large part» (see «What drove the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007?

The effect of last summer's wind anomaly and ice - albedo feedback may be found in a number of publications, including ours: Zhang, J., R.W. Lindsay, M. Steele, and A. Schweiger, What drove the dramatic retreat of Arctic sea ice during summer 2007?

Global average sea level was likely between 4 and 6 m higher during the last interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago, than during the 20th century, mainly due to the retreat of polar ice -LRB-

* the Pliocene saw global ice retreat leading to global sea level rise of 22 + / - 10 metres during the prolonged warmer periods.

Zhang, J., R. Lindsay, M. Steele, and A. Schweiger (2008), What drove the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007?

Global average sea level was likely between 4 and 6 m higher during the last interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago, than during the 20th century, mainly due to the retreat of polar ice (Figure TS.21).

It is clear that these passages have been more open than today during certain periods of the past and also more closed during other periods, IOW the currently observed retreat of multi-year Arctic sea ice extent is nothing unusual or unprecedented.

From whale bones, 42 Arctic driftwood, 26 and patterns of Arctic shoreline erosion, 25 we also know that during the Holocene, Arctic summer sea ice retreated 1000 kilometers further north than seen today.

The sea ice now retreats when it can, during Summer which cools the Arctic Ocean.

Similar sea ice trends and weather conditions were present during the spring seasons preceding past ice shelf retreats (e.g., 2001 to 2002).

High Arctic Oscillation (AO) conditions during winter precondition summer sea ice for extensive retreats.

As main skeptical position N (2) says «The warming / sea levels / glacier and sea ice retreat / hurricane and drought intensities... experienced during the modern era are neither unprecedented or remarkable, nor do they fall outside the range of natural variability.»

N (2) The warming / sea levels / glacier and sea ice retreat / hurricane and drought intensities... experienced during the modern era are neither unprecedented or remarkable, nor do they fall outside the range of natural variability, as clearly shown in the first 150 graphs (from 2017) on this list.

Zhang, J, R.W Lindsay, M. Steele and A. Schweiger, «What Drove the Dramatic Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice During Summer 2007?»

Zhang, J., M. Steele, and R. Woodgate, The role of Pacific water in the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007, J. Polar Science, 19 (2), 93 - 107, 2008.

IPCC: Global average sea level in the last interglacial (Eemian) period (130,000 - 111,000 years ago) was likely 13 to 20 feet (4 to 6 meters) higher than during the 20th century, mainly due to the retreat of polar ice.

Stammerjohn, S.E., M.R. Drinkwater, R.C. Smith, and X. Liu, 2003: Ice - atmosphere interactions during sea - ice advance and retreat in the western Antarctic Peninsula regiIce - atmosphere interactions during sea - ice advance and retreat in the western Antarctic Peninsula regiice advance and retreat in the western Antarctic Peninsula region.