Sentences with phrase «dramatic ice decline»

«At the end of the analysis, when looking at trend analysis results, we were stunned to observe such a dramatic ice decline during a period of only 20 years», Surdu said.

Not exact matches

The unusually warm winter has thus contributed to the likely continuation of the dramatic decline of the Arctic sea ice throughout 2016.

The findings suggest that while the response of Antarctic summer sea ice to human - caused climate change may be less dramatic than in the Arctic, sea ice cover may have declined by as much as 14 % over the last 100 years.

One classic example is the dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice in 2007, which was then partly reversed in 2008 and 2009.

Here's the main graphic, which shows the dramatic recent expansion of open water (dark blue) at the peak of summer melt, and the decline in thick old ice (white is ice that is over five years old) and thin ice formed the previous winter (light blue).

Add a dramatic increase of CO2 and methane emissions to the albedo declines of sped up Arctic ice and snow cover losses and you may still witness a runaway situation.

Although the Arctic Ocean is typically mostly covered by ice, both the thickness and extent of summer sea ice in the Arctic have shown a dramatic decline over the past thirty years, satellite measurements have found.

The dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice and snow is one of the most profound signs of global warming and has coincided with «a period of ostensibly more frequent events of extreme weather across the mid-latitudes, including extreme heat and rainfall events and recent severe winters,» according to the conference organizers, who are posting updates under the #arctic17 hashtag on Twitter.

Is the dramatic decline of Arctic sea ice, spurred by manmade global warming, making the weather where we live more extreme?

However, the fact that polar bears in the Chukchi Sea and Southern Davis Strait are thriving despite dramatic declines in summer sea ice (aka an extended open - water season), proves my point and disproves their premise.

The most dramatic losses of sea ice have over the decades been observed in summer — where the decline has been measured at 14 % per decade.

«leading to a dramatic decline in the amount of sea ice that covers the region each winter.»

And the decline has accelerated, becoming far more dramatic, since about the year 2000, leading to annual average sea ice loss of around three million square kilometers.

For example, the dramatic decline of summer sea ice in the Arctic — a loss of ice cover roughly equal to half the area of the continental United States — exacerbates global warming by reducing the reflectivity of Earth's surface and increasing the amount of heat absorbed.

The Arctic is warming much faster than most of the planet, leading to a dramatic decline in the amount of sea ice that covers the region each winter.

Dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice extent over last week.

The data show that Arctic ice went through an expansion as dramatic as its subsequent decline, said Fyfe.

Sea ice decline in the Arctic has been dramatic and sustained over the last five decades, but it has been an uneven decline.

It is then critical to consider whether the observed and expected dramatic declines in Arctic sea ice are causing fundamental changes in sensible heat and evaporation fluxes and influencing the magnitude and form of Arctic amplification.

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As ice declines in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, melting snow and ice could alter water currents, leading to dramatic changes in the marine environment.

While the dramatic loss of weight has not led to a decline in the population of polar bears, that could change as a warming Arctic continues to melt away sea ice.

According to scientific measurements, both the thickness and extent of summer sea ice in the Arctic have shown a dramatic decline over the past thirty years.

I did notice in the graphs that a dramatic drop in sea ice extent is predicted (by CCSM3) to occur around 2030, only to be followed by a «recovery» which lasts about 5 - years or so, before the decline sets in again.

This change is likely to be most dramatic in Arctic coastal waters, which are rapidly freshening due to the melting of ice on glaciers and permafrost (McPhee et al. 2009), accelerating OA and Ωaragonite decline relative to the rates expected from anthropogenic CO2 alone (Tank et al. 2012).