Sentences with phrase «extensive ice coverage»

However, we know that in the middle ages, Greenland was much warmer and had less extensive ice coverage (thus the name Greenland and the successful attempt to farm it for over a century)

If the previous melt was localised around Spitzbergen, why hasn't he offered any evidence of extensive ice coverage elsewhere at the time?

Not exact matches

If you'll recall from my previous post, polar bears seem to have barely survived the extensive sea ice coverage during the Last Glacial Maximum — in other words, too much ice (even over the short term) is their biggest threat.

Negative delta C - 13 (as) values in glacial AABW were likely caused by poor ventilation during formation, probably associated with extensive sea ice coverage.