Sentences with phrase «also less sea ice»

There was also less sea ice during this time (1887 - 1945), as the sea ice cover disappeared 1.1 month sooner than it does today.

Not exact matches

«We can also combine that data with projections of sea ice, to predict how much more or less it will cost these animals to make a living over the next century,» Fischbach says.

The basin is also characterized by increased vertical mixing and less sea ice.

It's also possible that feeding opportunities are actually better for belugas in an ocean with less sea ice.

Also less ice cover allows the vastly warmer sea water to warm the much colder arctic air.

The estimates also suggests, based on current sea - ice coverage, that it will take another trillion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions before Arctic summer sea ice more or less vanishes.

Some delegations also suggested adding a sentence on the regional Antarctic sea ice extension, but this was abandoned due to less consistent observations and large natural variability.

With less sea ice there is also less insulation, so that heat from the ocean escapes to warm the atmosphere in the autumn and winter.

They found that between 5 % and 30 % of the Arctic sea ice decline from 1979 to 2010 could be attributed to the natural cycles of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and Arctic Oscillation (AO), and even less can be attributed to natural cycles since 1953, since these natural cycles tend to average out over longer timeframes (as Vinnikov also found).

And the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSDIC) reports that the sea ice was also a full million square kilometres less than May 2012 − the year that, in September, recorded the lowest - ever summer exteIce Data Centre (NSDIC) reports that the sea ice was also a full million square kilometres less than May 2012 − the year that, in September, recorded the lowest - ever summer exteice was also a full million square kilometres less than May 2012 − the year that, in September, recorded the lowest - ever summer extent.

Taylor also debunked the notion that less sea ice means less polar bears by pointing out that southern regions of the bears» home with low levels of ice are seeing booming bear populations.

However, to a lesser extent, these turbulent fluxes can also be transmitted through a thinner sea ice cover.

Less ice also meant previous models that budgeted sources of sea level rise were wrong.

But the Bering Sea SST anomalies have also been decreasing since 2004, which also implies the Bering Sea would have had less contribution to the Arctic sea ice decline in 2007 and 2008 than it did in 20Sea SST anomalies have also been decreasing since 2004, which also implies the Bering Sea would have had less contribution to the Arctic sea ice decline in 2007 and 2008 than it did in 20Sea would have had less contribution to the Arctic sea ice decline in 2007 and 2008 than it did in 20sea ice decline in 2007 and 2008 than it did in 2004.

With less sea ice, storms can also kick up stronger waves that pummel and erode coastlines, the scientists said.

More sea ice means less ocean mixing, which also encourages plankton growth.