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.
Not exact matches
The outcomes of the study reveal the complexity of the processes
shaping climate
change in the Arctic and point to significant spatial and chronological variances
in sea ice cover.
When geographical barriers — such as rising
sea levels or retracting
ice floes — separate populations, they may develop genetic, physiological, or behavioral differences;
changes in chromosome structure or number; differently
shaped genitalia; or incompatible mating times and rituals — any of which can prevent successful reproduction.
An
ice sheet forcing does not depend sensitively on the
ice sheet
shape or on how many
ice sheets the
ice volume is divided among and is nearly linear
in sea - level
change (see electronic supplementary material, figure S4, and [5]-RRB-.