Sentences with phrase «broken sea ice minimum»

Not exact matches

The National Snow and Ice Data Center predicts this year's minimum summer sea ice extent won't break the record set in 20Ice Data Center predicts this year's minimum summer sea ice extent won't break the record set in 20ice extent won't break the record set in 2012.

UPDATE 27 AUGUST: Sunday's data confirms that the previous sea - ice extent minimum of 24 September 2007 was broken last Friday, 24 August 2012.

This year's minimum follows a record - breaking summer of low sea ice extents in the Arctic.

In the summer of 2012, Arctic sea ice has broken the previous record for minimum extent (set in 2007), fallen below 4 million square kilometers, and, as of September 17, dropped below 3.5 million square kilometers in extent.

The forecast by researchers at CU - Boulder's Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research is based on satellite data and temperature records and indicates there is a 59 percent chance the annual minimum sea ice record will be broken this fall for the third time in five years.

It looks like the Arctic sea ice is close to reaching its seasonal minimum, reflecting a substantial increase in sea ice relative to the record breaking minimum in 2012.

The Canadian Ice Service notes: The reduced overall sea ice thicknesses and the greater proportion of seasonal (first - year) ice were the primary reasons for this year's record - breaking minimIce Service notes: The reduced overall sea ice thicknesses and the greater proportion of seasonal (first - year) ice were the primary reasons for this year's record - breaking minimice thicknesses and the greater proportion of seasonal (first - year) ice were the primary reasons for this year's record - breaking minimice were the primary reasons for this year's record - breaking minimum.

Rose's factually challenged article was predictably reproduced uncritically by the usual climate denial blogs and referenced by Fox News, perhaps in an attempt to distract from this year's record - breaking Arctic sea ice minimum.

NSIDC also quoted colleague Ron Lindsey at the University of Washington, who used a physical model to estimate «a very low, but not extreme [i.e., not record - breaking], sea ice minimum.»