Sentences with phrase «extent on record»

It shows that April saw its second - lowest sea ice extent on record, driven by a massive meltdown in the Bering Sea (reminder: ice started melting there during Arctic winter)....

In 2010, Arctic sea ice shrank to its third - lowest extent on record, after 2007 and 2008, and also reached what was likely its lowest volume in thousands of years.

The paper found the pattern was observed during the winter of 2012 - 2013, following the lowest fall sea ice extent on record in September 2012.

Arctic sea ice also melted — either to its lowest summer extent on record, or its second lowest, depending on who did the measuring.

This is the joint - second lowest maximum extent on record for the satellite era, after 17.89 million sq km in 1986.

Arctic summer sea ice is in rapid decline [2nd lowest extent on record after 2007, and perhaps more importantly, the lowest volume of ice ever — this, along with the methane increase, could indicate a tipping element has been crossed that will kick climate change into a higher gear]

Prelim NSIDC (daily) data indicates #Antarctic sea ice has dropped below its previously all - time lowest #seaice extent on record (satellite) pic.twitter.com / gKTrHzXumw

«The last 10 years have all seen the lowest sea ice extent on record.

Sea ice extent during August averaged just 1.82 million square miles, which, at nearly 40 percent below the 1979 to 2000 average, was the all - time lowest August sea ice extent on record.

In 2007, for example, factors other than high temperatures contributed to the lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record.

This value is 970,000 square miles (22.2 percent) below the 1981 — 2010 average, and the smallest December extent on record.

He does think it's possible that this year could overtake 2007's low, the second lowest extent on record.

16 September 2016... Wunderground (Quoted): Degraded and Disheveled, Arctic Sea Ice Ties for Second - Lowest Extent on Record

The truth is that in the arctic we're seeing record low levels of sea ice year after year, including just this year, when in March the North Pole saw the lowest maximum ice extent on record.

«So this summer's definitely ranking among one of the cooler summers,» she said, «and yet you still have the second - lowest sea - ice extent on record.»

[4] On September 10, 2016, Arctic sea ice extent stood at 1.60 million square miles, the second - lowest minimum sea ice extent on record, tied with 2007.

It reached that point on Sept. 10 this year, when it had the second lowest extent on record.

Sea ice extent fell to 4.10 million square kilometers (1.58 million square miles) on August 26, breaking the lowest extent on record set on September 18, 2007, of 4.17 million square kilometers (1.61 million square miles).

2016 set the third - lowest maximum extent on record.

However, since August 26, total sea ice extent is already lower than at the same time in 2007 and is currently tracking as the second lowest daily extent on record.

Summer sea ice didn't reach its lowest extent on record in 2017, but that's not the only measurement that matters, experts warn.

This was the fifth smallest Antarctic sea ice extent on record for September and the smallest since 2002.

This was the smallest Antarctic sea ice extent on record for November.

This was the 10th smallest maximum sea ice extent on record for the Antarctic and the earliest occurrence of the maximum extent in the 1979 - 2016 satellite record.

Arctic sea ice, bordering Alaska's northern periphery, reached its lowest extent on record in May.

The lowest extent on record came during the remarkable summer melt season of 2012, fueled in part by summer storms that moved ice into warm waters.

Arctic Sea Ice to Reach Sixth Lowest Extent on Record

This was the largest January Antarctic sea ice extent on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2008 by 220,000 square miles.

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But that it almost certainly will rank among the lowest winter sea - ice extents on record.

Not exact matches

Historically, spousal benefits were designed to be paid only to the extent they exceeded any benefit the spouse earned based on his or her own work record.

The Company records interest income on an accrual basis to the extent that the Company expects to collect such amounts.

The main difference between Cambridge Analytica and Harris Media is that it is unknown how many internet users Harris Media kept records on and to what extent it compiled data on them.

To the extent that the first chart above (SPX futures) reflects a combination of Central Bank money printing and investors going «all - in» on stocks (record low cash levels), IF the Central Banks simply stop printing money and do not shrink their balance sheets, who will be left to buy stocks when the selling begins?

Pope Benedict XVI is on record as stating that he is convinced «that the crisis in the Church that we are experiencing today is to a great extent due to the disintegration of the liturgy» that began to be evident in particular countries following the Council.

While archaeobotanists and archaeologists today have a much clearer picture of the range of foods used by ancient peoples of Mesoamerica in their daily subsistence and dietary practices, the information on the nature, extent, structure, and timing of chili pepper use or consumption in the archaeological record remains scant.

Why he wouldn't: To an even greater extent that Michel, Jemez lacks the track record of a proven champion and would arguably offer Spain too much of a good thing with his even more extreme focus on progress through passing.

The only reason to record these meetings would be to avoid this exact problem: the two sides differing on what was said in the meeting to such an extent that one side must almost certainly be lying.

Additionally, saying it saves time and money and provides greater flexibility, the administration has expanded use of combining the design and building elements of a project and awarding the contract to the best overall bidder based on its performance record and extent of its resources.

«It is on record that APC wrote to the United States of America not to sell arms to Nigeria, reported the country to the European Union, United Nations and went to the bizarre extent of reporting the then Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika, to the International Criminal Court (ICC), not for committing the kind of genocide committed against the Shiite Muslims in Zaria and Agatus in Benue, but for killing Boko Haram insurgents.

Per the New York Department of State's Committee on Open Government, «open meetings of an agency or authority shall be, to the extent practicable and within available funds, broadcast to the public and maintained as records of the agency or authority.»

Overview of the Collection Repository: American Association for the Advancement of Science Archives, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, [email protected] Creator: AAAS Office of Opportunities in Science Title: AAAS Project on Native Americans in Science Records Dates: 1975 - 1980 Extent: 2 linear feet (5 Hollinger boxes) Abstract: The records document the AAAS Office of Opportunities in Science effort to identify the human resource pool of American Indians in scientific and technical Records Dates: 1975 - 1980 Extent: 2 linear feet (5 Hollinger boxes) Abstract: The records document the AAAS Office of Opportunities in Science effort to identify the human resource pool of American Indians in scientific and technical records document the AAAS Office of Opportunities in Science effort to identify the human resource pool of American Indians in scientific and technical fields.

Repository: American Association for the Advancement of Science Archives, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, [email protected] Creator: Borras, Catherine Title: Catherine Borras Files Dates: 1937 - 1986 Extent: 25 linear feet (22 boxes) Abstract: Catherine Borras, Assistant to the Executive Officer of AAAS from 1953 to 1985, collected and managed these records on activities of the AAAS Executive Office.

Repository: American Association for the Advancement of Science Archives, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, [email protected] Creator: AAAS Commission on Science Education Title: AAAS Science: A Process Approach Records Dates: 1963 - 1983 Extent: 37.5 linear feet (30 boxes) Abstract: This collection contains the records of Science: A Process Approach (SAPA) a curriculum project developed by the AAAS Commission on Science Education in response to the post-Sputnik crisis in science eduRecords Dates: 1963 - 1983 Extent: 37.5 linear feet (30 boxes) Abstract: This collection contains the records of Science: A Process Approach (SAPA) a curriculum project developed by the AAAS Commission on Science Education in response to the post-Sputnik crisis in science edurecords of Science: A Process Approach (SAPA) a curriculum project developed by the AAAS Commission on Science Education in response to the post-Sputnik crisis in science education.

In September 2009, Typhoon Ondoy dumped record rainfall on Metro Manila and surrounding provinces, including Laguna — a month's worth of rain in just 6 hours, which caused reservoirs, lakes, and waterways overflowing to an extent not seen in decades; part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute, www.irri.org.

Consider any moment of the geological record of life on Earth: to what extent were the changes of the next 10 or 100 million years predictable at that time?

In addition, the report notes that three of the warmest years on record — 2014, 2015 and 2016 — occurred since the last report was released; those years also had record - low sea ice extent in the Arctic Ocean in the summer.

The record lowest extent in the 37 - year satellite record occurred on September 17, 2012 when sea ice extent fell to 3.39 million square kilometers (1.31 million square miles).

This year's maximum extent, reached on March 7 at 5.57 million square miles (14.42 million square kilometers), is 37,000 square miles (97,00 square kilometers) below the previous record low, which occurred in 2015, and 471,000 square miles (1.22 million square kilometers) smaller than the average maximum extent for 1981 - 2010.

And on the opposite side of the planet, on March 3 sea ice around Antarctica hit its lowest extent ever recorded by satellites at the end of summer in the Southern Hemisphere, a surprising turn of events after decades of moderate sea ice expansion.