Not exact matches
The
extent of
global sea ice coverage reached its smallest area ever recorded in 2016, new data
show.
The first web page also has a link to
global sea ice extent, and that
shows that it is at a record low for the this day of the year, and has been very low for most of the year.
I have to add that another graph has been making the rounds,
showing the total
global sea ice extent.
Go ahead and
show us on any of the following: Arctic
Sea Ice Extent Antarctic
Sea Ice Extent OHC
Sea level Rise Rate
Global Temperature Drought Incidence Hurricane Activity Tornado Activity Glacial Melting Like my mother use to tell me «Do something useful»
There has been a long - term downward trend in summer
global sea ice extent, though the trend is less clear in the winter, reflecting the fact that the Arctic
shows a clearer long - term trend than the Antarctic.
Previous research has
shown that
global warming will cause changes in ocean temperatures,
sea ice extent, salinity, and oxygen levels, among other impacts, that are likely to lead to significant shifts in the distribution range and productivity of marine species, the study notes.
Previous research has
shown that
global warming will cause changes in ocean temperatures,
sea ice extent, salinity, and oxygen levels, among other impacts, that are likely to lead to shifts in the range and productivity of marine species.
This time series of daily
global sea ice extent (Arctic plus Antarctic)
shows global extent tracking below the 1981 to 2010 average.
For example, additional evidence of a warming trend can be found in the dramatic decrease in the
extent of Arctic
sea ice at its summer minimum (which occurs in September), decrease in spring snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere, increases in the
global average upper ocean (upper 700 m or 2300 feet) heat content (
shown relative to the 1955 — 2006 average), and in
sea - level rise.
That study
showed sea ice extent crashing by two thirds by the 2030s and then collapsing to near - zero shortly thereafter — unless we cut
global GHG emissions about 60 % to 70 % almost immediately and have further cuts after that, an implausible assumption the authors never spelled out clearly (as I explain here).