Sentences with phrase «dramatic melting of»

This year has seen an increasing number of severe floods and droughts and dramatic melting of Arctic sea ice — all cause for alarm.

I am writing out of concern, because you may have to move from the North Pole due to the dramatic melting of Arctic sea ice.

So, the fact that the Arctic sea ice extent seems to have been decreasing since then is not an indicator of «unusual and dramatic melting of the Arctic».

As I understand it: this would not only plunge Europe into an Ice Age — which may have been what caused the LIG — it would also warm the Southern Ocean considerably, and thus lead to even more dramatic melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheets.

Plus, the dramatic melting of Greenland that nobody can explain certainly has to increase your concern,» says climatologist Stephen Schneider of Stanford University, who co-authored the research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences as well as in several IPCC reports.

Not exact matches

Velicogna and her colleagues also measured a dramatic loss of Greenland ice, as much as 38 cubic miles per year between 2002 and 2005 — even more troubling, given that an influx of fresh melt water into the salty North Atlantic could in theory shut off the system of ocean currents that keep Europe relatively warm.

Losing those shelves could presage the melting of their parent ice sheets on land — which could lead to a dramatic rise in sea level.

The immediate disasters of The Day After Tomorrow remains wild exaggeration, but melting ice could yet cause dramatic climate changes by altering ocean currents

The widespread melting across the Greenland ice sheet was one of the most dramatic changes, said Jason Box of the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University in Columbus.

Less than a year after the first research flight kicked off NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland campaign, data from the new program are providing a dramatic increase in knowledge of how Greenland's ice sheet is melting fromMelting Greenland campaign, data from the new program are providing a dramatic increase in knowledge of how Greenland's ice sheet is melting frommelting from below.

That helped drive last summer's near - record thaw of Arctic sea ice, second only to the dramatic melt observed in 2007.

Our study suggests that at medium sea levels, powerful forces, such as the dramatic acceleration of polar ice cap melting, are not necessary to create abrupt climate shifts and temperature changes.»

As a result of the dramatic melting on its underside, the shelf's grounding line will shift further south and the ice will gradually lose direct contact with the seafloor.

Scientists are still only just beginning to understand the myriad mechanisms that control the seemingly dramatic melting observed in regions of West Antarctica, and how climate change is affecting all the moving parts.

Melting glaciers, early snowmelt, and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages and increase the risk of wildfires in the American West.

Relevant to this issue, there is currently a debate among paleoclimatologists with respect to the following condundrum: A dramatic recession of the more - than - 11,000 year old ice cap of Mt. Kilimanjaro in tropical East Africa is taking place despite any clear evidence that temperatures have exceeded the melting threshold (one explanation is that the changes are largely associated with a drying atmosphere in the region; the most recent evidence, however, seems to indicate that melting may indeed now be underway).

At first glance, the impacts of climate change in the United States might seem less dramatic than melting icebergs in the Arctic.

But scientists have long recorded dramatic drops in the speeds of seismic waves near the core - mantle boundary, leading some experts to speculate that this region is partially melted.

In the summer, I prefer natural makeup where I can be out the door in under five minutes — after all, most of it melts off in the 100 ° F days we had this year — but as soon as it's fall, I tend to drift towards a little bit more of a dramatic makeup look.

They take the raw stuff of experience, melt it in the crucible of their sensibility, shape it with their dramatic sense, and deliver it as a complex and refined finished product — a good story.

The lodge has a Healing Arts Center & Spa, an organic Tea Bar, a culinary arts program (sample classes: «Cooking from the Farmers» Market» and the «Asian Melting Pot»), yoga classes, and one of the most dramatic views of that world - famous bridge.

Here you find mountains akin to the dramatic landscapes of New Zealand, combined with the largest glacial ice fields in South America, slowly melting to feed into a vast network of turquoise rivers and lakes, with water so pure you can drink it!

In a dramatic setting framed by green lawns, blue Pacific Ocean, and black lava rock, your Halii Kai vacation home encourages you to simply go with the flow — from mellow mornings with Kona Coffee to afternoon naps on your lanai to evenings where glorious sunsets melt into a blanket of stars.

Known for its dramatic natural skylines, amazing wildlife and for being a melting pot of cultural influences, Cape Town is a hub of creativity and a magnet for artists and performers.

On the basis of this, unless CO2 produces dramatic Arctic warming and tropical cooling (or no change) in the future, the future GAT will rise more than during the Eemian but will not have proportionally similar Arctic temperature or ice melt increases as during the Eemian.

Relevant to this issue, there is currently a debate among paleoclimatologists with respect to the following condundrum: A dramatic recession of the more - than - 11,000 year old ice cap of Mt. Kilimanjaro in tropical East Africa is taking place despite any clear evidence that temperatures have exceeded the melting threshold (one explanation is that the changes are largely associated with a drying atmosphere in the region; the most recent evidence, however, seems to indicate that melting may indeed now be underway).

For example, the area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security: rising sea levels, to severe droughts, to the melting of the polar caps, to more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

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).

The physical evidence becomes more dramatic every year: forests retreating, animals moving north, glaciers melting, wildfire seasons getting longer, higher rates of droughts, floods, and storms — five times as many in the 2000s as in the 1970s.

Gore introduces the concept of abledo and shows how feedback loops could lead to dramatic reductions in ice, especially in the Arctic, and he mentions glacial earthquakes in Greenland, but he doesn't put a timeline on the melting of the ice sheets.

«This information is of great importance, although the consequences of melting ice will be much less dramatic now than during the Ice Age, because there is less ice and temperature changes was much larger back then», Rasmussen explains.

After all, some scientists are involved to some extent in the creation of dramatic stories about the melting of ice and the peddling of alarm in the media.

The result is a dramatic image of historic sea level change that goes beyond what is expected in the coming decades due to rapid global warming - induced ice cap melting.

The dramatic melt - off of Arctic sea ice due to climate change is hitting closer to home than millions of Americans might think.

«At medium sea levels, powerful forces − such as the dramatic acceleration of polar ice cap melting − are not necessary to result in abrupt climate shifts and associated drastic temperature changes.»

«the effect of soot, while it may contribute in some way, can not explain the dramatic rate of warming and melt seen in the Arctic seen over the past 30 years» — apparently Dr. Meier is unaware of a country called «China», which has quite the reputation of not being exactly, how do I say it, «environmentally conscious».

Thus, the effect of soot, while it may contribute in some way, can not explain the dramatic rate of warming and melt seen in the Arctic seen over the past 30 years.

Kaitlin Keegan, of Dartmouth College in the US, and colleagues report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the dramatic surface melting of the island's ice sheet in 2012 can be explained by a combination of unprecedented temperatures linked to climate change and clouds of ash and soot from forest fires.

Livescience: When iceberg chunks break off of floating ice shelves, it can serve as dramatic proof of melting — and this traditionally has been considered the main way that these expanses of Antarctic ice become smaller.

The team looked at the evidence of ice cores and found signs of similar dramatic melting in 1889.

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.

The character of 2007's sea ice melt is unique in that it is dramatic and covers the entire Arctic sector.

i.e. warmth exponentially increasing based on myriad feedback loops amplifying velocity, such as dramatic acceleration of declining albedo; increasing methane release from melting permafrost (Siberian sink holes); from dramatic increases of fauna as nature exploits an ever increasing land footprint and atmospheric conditions conducive to exponential growth?

But given the ever - increasing intensity of these impacts - and the fact that the melting of Greenland only continues to speed up - it seems likely the future will bring continued dramatic global changes in ocean circulation.

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).

But the AMOC is receiving massive influxes of cold water from the Greenland ice sheet, which is now melting in dramatic fashion, according to NASA.

How convenient to blame «approaching» sea ice during a summer of such dramatic melt.

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Melting glaciers, early snowmelt, and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages and increase the risk of wildfires in the American West.

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