Sentences with phrase «current ice conditions»

With current ice conditions at 5.3 million square kilometers as of 27 August 2010 (source: National Snow and Ice Data Center, NSIDC) and two or three more weeks to go in the melt season, it is increasingly likely that the September ice extent will fall below the 2009 minimum.

The heuristic forecast, based on current ice conditions and the regional temperature history, predicts open water in Kane Basin and Smith Sound.

Learn more about current ice conditions here.

Based on a review of spring air temperatures, the winter evolution of the ice bridge and current ice conditions, Gudmansen predicts that the ice bridge will break down during the second half of June.

You can compare the current ice conditions with predictions made earlier in the year through the Sea Ice Outlook effort, a project of the Arctic Research Consortium.

If we compare the ice thickness map of the previous winter with that of 2012, we can see that the current ice conditions are similar to those of the spring of 2012 — in some places, the ice is even thinner,» Dr Marcel Nicolaus, sea ice physicist at AWI, said today at a press conference during the EGU General Assembly in Vienna.

Not exact matches

I feel like I will punch anyone in the face who suggests that eating ice cream sandwiches for dinner every night is not a correct and healthy response to current climatic conditions.

Greenland's coastal glaciers and ice caps have passed a pivotal tipping point — a new study concludes that they've melted so much that they're now past the point of no return, and it's unlikely in current conditions that they'll be able to regrow the ice they've lost.

By mapping current conditions with the help of Inuit hunters as well as by compiling maps of the past based on oral histories and the memories of elders, the researchers hope to capture the Inuit's special understanding of sea ice.

The team, which includes Professor Baldwin, will lead innovative new research, which aims to advance current understanding of three key conditions that influence seasonal weather across the continent — the North Atlantic upper - ocean heat content, Arctic sea - ice, and the stratosphere.

The study, by an international team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge, examined how changes in ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean were related to climate conditions in the northern hemisphere during the last ice age, by examining data from ice cores and fossilised plankton shells.

Current changes in the ocean around Antarctica are disturbingly close to conditions 14,000 years ago that new research shows may have led to the rapid melting of Antarctic ice and an abrupt 3 - 4 metre rise in global sea level.

The current tissues varied in harvest times and sources; for example, autopsy times ranged from 12 — 24 hr, while surgical samples were collected under sterile conditions and immediately frozen on dry ice in the operating room.

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Perhaps the upper panel in figure 4 is similar to the conditions of an ice covered Drake Passage, with the cutoff current loop to the South of 50 degrees representing a carbon pool of unventilated water.

I STILL don't understand the reactions — on one hand the models are «predicting» triple the current ice (since ice has a short memory, initial conditions should only have a weak influence), yet on the other hand people seem to be predicting another record or near record low while at the same time not objecting about the «super-flawed» models.

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People interested in this post might be interested in polarbearsinternational (dot) org which has collared bear tracking and compare their locations in the Beaufort sea to the current condition of the Arctic sea ice such as at the National Snow and Ice data center, nsidc (dot) org or the University of Bremen maice such as at the National Snow and Ice data center, nsidc (dot) org or the University of Bremen maIce data center, nsidc (dot) org or the University of Bremen maps.

Current conditions: «The overhead ice canopy, with ice keels that can reach as deep as 200 - feet, adds another layer of operational complexity that submarines do not routinely encounter.

Several specialists studying Arctic sea ice told me that there's a good chance that, if current conditions persist, the ice this spring could be in better shape than it has been over the last few years.

The conditions also bolster the views of ice and climate specialists who have stressed that the many factors shaping Arctic conditions year by year, from winds and atmospheric pressure to highly variable ocean currents and soot, still dominate the influence of heat trapped by building greenhouse gases.

BTW, does anybody know an image like figure 4 of the June 2008 NSIDC sea ice news (multi-year ice percentages), updated to current conditions?

Many readily acknowledge that the Arctic is an extraordinarily complicated system in which ice conditions are determined by winds, currents and both air and sea temperature.

If you are interested in a current assessment and projections of Arctic sea ice conditions, refer to the upthread links I provided, Getting back to the co-authors of the article, neither has published any science on the topic.

Bottom line is current epoch is an ice age and if there's any damn thing humans can possibly to warm it up to the normal non-ice age conditions it should be embraced not shunned.

The SIO produces reports in June, July, and August containing a variety of perspectives on Arctic sea ice — from observations of current conditions, to advanced numerical models, to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists.

The new system — which captures current sea - ice conditions more accurately and in greater detail by blending several streams of data — has been used operationally in Navy forecasting since February, Posey said.

Sentinel - 1A / B operate a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with advanced observation capabilities in all weather conditions over the ocean (wind, waves, and surface current) and sea ice field (sea ice deformation, lead fraction and sea ice drift).

The current emphasis is on «climate change» which should more accurately be called AGF, (and CAGF) ie `... Flat - lining», a very scary prospect, not: though a change to ice age conditions could give us all a nasty surprise.

It seems like it is a necessary feature to maintain current summer sea ice conditions.

Howell predicts an opening of the Northwest Passage considering the current light ice conditions.

This month's report includes a compilation of ship - based observations from the Geographic Information Network of Alaska IceWatch program, a discussion of the August modeling contributions and how they compare to June and July, a look at the predictions in specific regions, and a discussion of current ice and weather conditions.

They found that under current climate conditions Arctic ice is just as likely to expand as it is to contract over the next decade, depending on wind patterns and other difficult - to - predict variability.

I started to take you seriously until you wrote the current «ice box» conditions have prevailed for tens of millions of years.

The study also found that the Southern Ocean Circumpolar Current, which helps determine sea - ice extent, is steered by submerged ridges and canyons along the edge of the Antarctic continental shelf, rather than by global warming or other climatic conditions.

Current conditions at the winter maximum (at 17 March 2018, from NSIDC Masie, extent measured at 14.7 mkm2, using software able to discern more ice than used for the figures in Table 1), shown below: Continue reading →

Scripps Institution's own Jeff Severinghaus takes you on a thorough exploration of the record that greenhouse gases captured in ice for nearly a million years tells us, and explains what this reveals about current human activities and future conditions for our planet.

This is pretty squishy, but given the current extent and ice conditions in the Beaufort Sea, I think this year's September average will be about 4 million km2.

Summer meteorological current conditions and projections this summer (see Figures 9 - 11) do not favor extreme mid to late summer sea ice loss in 2016, as occurred in 2007 and 2012, despite low sea ice extents at the beginning of summer.

The Sea Ice Outlook, an activity of the Sea Ice Prediction Network and a contribution to SEARCH, produces reports in June, July, and August containing a variety of perspectives on Arctic sea ice — from observations of current conditions, to advanced numerical models, to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientisIce Outlook, an activity of the Sea Ice Prediction Network and a contribution to SEARCH, produces reports in June, July, and August containing a variety of perspectives on Arctic sea ice — from observations of current conditions, to advanced numerical models, to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientisIce Prediction Network and a contribution to SEARCH, produces reports in June, July, and August containing a variety of perspectives on Arctic sea ice — from observations of current conditions, to advanced numerical models, to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientisice — from observations of current conditions, to advanced numerical models, to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists.

Follow current sea ice conditions with monthly updates and analysis.

Perhaps more relevant for the current Arctic climate is the possibility of a bifurcation to seasonally ice - free conditions.

Melting does happen every year but the melt rates due to the increased climate forcing is exceeding natural cycle tendencies for current conditions on a massive scale as it pertains to ice extent loss.

Just for one example, if it turns out that, between melt of sea ice and Greenland ice, the North Atlantic Current slows or stops, we would expect to see fairly dramatically colder weather in Europe for a while, even thought this condition could be directly linked to results produced by GW (though in the long term, the warming would, presumably eventually overtake the cooling from change in ocean currents).

Given the right circumstances, background knowledge, and scientific information on current conditions, it can provide an excellent sense of how much ice there really is «on the ground.»

Under those conditions, Earth had little ice, and sea level was at least 60 metres higher than current levels.

Results of a recent long - term and large - scale simulation of the collapse of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) show that the destabilization of the entire ice sheet would be irreversible if current conditions don't change by 20Ice Sheet (WAIS) show that the destabilization of the entire ice sheet would be irreversible if current conditions don't change by 20ice sheet would be irreversible if current conditions don't change by 2075.

Current sea ice extent and meteorological conditions suggest a record low is unlikely, as surface temperature over the central Arctic has been near normal in the last two months and forecasts of atmospheric temperatures for the next few weeks indicate average surface temperatures.

In a recent comparison of four ice models, for example, the amount of meltwater they produced under current conditions varied by more than 40 %.