Sentences with phrase «extent near low»

The result is a global sea ice extent near low - record levels.

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People with bipolar disorder with either high or low cortisol levels were also depressed to a near on double extent than people with normal stress regulation.

Arctic sea ice coverage is still below average and the previously stable Antarctic sea ice extent was at or near a record low, the statement adds.

Speculating on the extent to which you will benefit or lose is near impossible until the details of phase two (expected in May), though understanding whether you are in a low - funded or generously - funded area will perhaps offer some indication of the potential impact to your current funding allocation.

Equally, a large stake size may (to some extent) simply reflect the fact that it's low risk (cash rich / debt light), or it has a low correlation with the market / other holdings, or it's enjoyed significant appreciation, and / or it has a near / medium term catalyst, etc..

The implication being that the geographical separation of most of the forcings (and CO2 to an extent at least low down in the atmosphere near cities, would allow one to tease out a better estimate for TCR, or in other words to define a local / regional TCR.

... June sea ice extents in 2008 and 2007 are essentially identical, and near the lowest values for June ever recorded by satellite for the Arctic....»

Global mean temperatures in 2011 did not reach the record - setting levels of 2010, but were still the highest observed in a La Niña year, and Arctic sea - ice extent fell to near - record - low levels.

Clearly the extent of Arctic sea ice during 1938 - 43 was nowhere near as low as current levels, based on these data.

Total sea ice extent for the previous three months was near or below the level of 2007, the year with the lowest minimum summer ice extent during the satellite record.

Arbetter et al. (North American Ice Service / National Ice Center); 4.9 Million Square Kilometers; Statistical / Heuristic Despite the reasonably large current extent (14.665 million km2) and compact concentration (12.461 million km2) in late April, the projected extent for mid-September is another near - record low (4.852 million km2).

The first half of 2017 has seen record low sea ice extents at both poles and near - record global average temperatures — despite the absence of a...

After mid-October, ice growth returned to near - average rates, but extent remained at record low levels through late October.

However, the pace of decline returned to near - average rates by July, and the end - of - summer minimum sea ice extent, recorded on September 10, eventually tied for second lowest with 2007 (2012 remains the lowest in the satellite time series by more than 600,000 square kilometers or 232,000 square miles).

This initiated a period of near - record, and then extreme record low extents that persisted until late in the year.

Is it possible that there is a lower practical bound to ice extent, based on the very short melt season and low angle of the sun near the North Pole?

Slater, 4.45, Statistical / Heuristic My 50 - day forecast (http://cires.colorado.edu/~aslater/SEAICE/) issued on June 6th suggests that 2014 will be near the 3rd lowest rank year on record, which is how I came to derive my estimated extent for this long - lead time.

In late August, sea ice extent was way below average for that time of year, and it was predicted we were headed for at least a near - record low this year.

The Statement also highlighted that long - term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level rise and ocean acidification continue «unabated», with Arctic sea ice coverage remaining below average and the previously stable Antarctic sea ice extent at or near a record low.

«Dr. Amstrup, however, said that according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the average September sea ice extent for the years 2007 to 2017 was 4.5 million square kilometers, «nowhere near the low levels projected it would be by the middle of the century.»

Early May began a roller coaster ride: extent fell precipitously to a record low monthly value for June; only to see a melt slowdown in July that allowed the 2007 records to prevail for that month; then another, sharper, slowdown in early August let 2008 slip past, too; and finally, stuttering ups and downs in September settled in to a near - tie with 2008.

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.

The ice extent started the year with near - record lows, but surprised everybody in March with an unexpected growth surge that brought it back almost to the historical mean — statistical territory unseen for a long, long time.

However, one analysis that has attempted to explain both the very large winter extents of 2012, 2013, and 2014, and the subsequent lower and near - average winter maximums in 2015 and 2016 has suggested that the El Niño Southern Oscillation and a Pacific trend called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (a residual tendency toward El Niño or La Niña in the Pacific that shifts on multi-decadal timescales) may be linked to the change.