Sentences with phrase «change in sea ice»

And this doesn't cover changes in sea ice extent.

To a large extent that is because the 9 % figure also includes an effect, when anomaly temperatures are used, from changes in sea ice extent.

As well as changes in sea ice, they considered other possible explanations for the changing behaviour observed.

Historical documents can provide valuable context for current changes in sea ice and climate conditions.

Additionally, changes in sea ice levels associated with global warming have made it difficult for the hunt to carry on as smoothly as before.

There's plenty more in the report summary, of course, on everything from changes in sea ice to ocean chemistry.

He also studies the impact of changes in sea ice on marine planktonic ecosystems by developing biophysical models such as the coupled Biology - Ice - Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (BIOMAS).

His work focuses on understanding and predicting changes in sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Furthermore, we must understand how changes in sea ice cover affect the feeding ecology of humpback whales and their competitors in the short - term and the dynamics of krill populations over the longer term, particularly given the increasing pressure from commercial krill harvests [36].

«As changes in sea ice affect oceanographic properties, that could be affecting the distribution, abundance or species composition of prey for belugas.»

Future work must track how changes in sea ice and surface turbulent fluxes influence specific atmospheric regimes related to the episodic events.

The majority of the winter warming is associated with changes in sea ice cover even though the sea ice declines at this time of the year are relatively small.

«The observed changes in sea ice on the Arctic Ocean, in the mass of the Greenland ice sheet and Arctic ice caps and glaciers over the past 10 years are dramatic and represent an obvious departure from long - term patterns,» says the report.

the range and type of resources on which the community relies — so, for example, the livelihoods of the Viliui Sakha people in Siberia who depend on cattle and horse breeding are being undermined by changing weather and snow patterns as they have few alternative livelihood options — while the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic are altering the timing and location of traditional hunting practices with rapid changes in the sea ice;

Eisenman, I., T. Schneider, D. S. Battisti, and C. M. Bitz, 2011: Consistent changes in the sea ice seasonal cycle in response to global warming.

Projected changes in the sea ice mass budget of the Arctic.

The prediction is initialised with the mean of the observed sea ice extent for September 2009 - 2013 and an ensemble prediction is created simply by adding all of the observed changes in the sea ice extent record from one September to the next over the historical period 1979 - 2013.

Despite areas of inaccuracy, near - real - time data are still useful for assessing changes in sea ice coverage, particularly when averaged over an entire month.

Despite its areas of inaccuracy, near - real - time data are still useful for assessing changes in sea ice coverage, particularly when averaged over an entire month.

In addition to changes in the penguin populations, Palmer Station researchers track changes in sea ice and the marine food web, and pioneered the use of underwater gliders to explore below the Antarctic waters.

Flexible migratory patterns are likely an adaptation to the constant changes in sea ice even during the warm Holocene.

«A clear understanding of energy use and energy storage will help improve models of how bears will respond to future changes in the sea ice.»

Climate changes that began ~ 17,700 years ago included a sudden poleward shift in westerly winds encircling Antarctica with corresponding changes in sea ice extent, ocean circulation, and ventilation of the deep ocean.

But when I correlate changes in sea ice (e.g., spring ice in one year less spring ice in the prior year) there is no correlation.

At high latitudes a number of features play a role — different changes in sea ice and snow cover and their reflectivity; varying atmospheric and ocean dynamical changes; as well as cloud cover effects.

Researchers at CIRES» National Snow and Ice Data Center [About NSIDC] investigate the dynamics of Antarctic ice shelves, new techniques for the remote sensing of snow and freeze / thaw cycle of soils, the role of snow in hydrologic modeling, linkages between changes in sea ice extent and weather patterns, large - scale shifts in polar climate, river and lake ice, and the distribution and characteristics of seasonally and permanently frozen ground.

Our findings suggest that complex changes in sea ice and prey availability will interact to affect Svalbard polar bear feeding patterns and associated nutrition.

NASA has been conducting flyovers of the Arctic sea ice for eight years through Operation IceBridge, a mission designed to collect data on changes in sea ice shape and size.

Warming temperatures and changes in the sea ice matter for the entire marine food chain in this region where whales feed in the summer and large numbers of sea birds breed.

Maslowski's recent, peer - reviewed work (Maslowski W., Clement Kinney J., Higgins M., Roberts A. (2012) «The Future of Arctic Sea Ice», The Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 40: 625 - 654) emphasizes «the need for detailed analyses of changes in sea ice thickness and volume to determine the actual rate of melt of Arctic sea ice».

«Why would such a short - term change in sea ice be attributed to CO2 which has been rising slowly for decades?»

Walt Meier Research Scientist, Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Specialties: Sea ice remote sensing; changes in sea ice concentration, extent, motion, thickness and age; development of sea ice climate data records; interaction of sea ice and climate

The remaining 9 percentage points are due to HadCRUT4 blending air and sea surface temperature (SST) data, and arise partly from water warming less than air over the open ocean and partly from changes in sea ice redistributing air and water measurements.

We propose numerical investigations of the historical and contemporary changes in the sea ice and upper ocean of the CBSMIZ.

The Arctic climate affects the world: Changes in sea ice affect ocean circulation, which, in turn, affects atmospheric circulation that then impacts the globe, said Bruce Forbes, a geographer at the Arctic Center at the University of Lapland in Finland, who was not involved in the study.

• Determine how changes in sea ice and sea surface conditions in the SIZ affect changes in cloud cover.

With this dependence, the Arctic Ocean experiences variations due to seasonal changes in sea ice cover.