Sentences with phrase «extent set a record»

That marks the second straight year that the winter maximum ice extent set a record low.

Not exact matches

As the Arctic sea - ice reaches its summer minimum extent, it is clear that it has yet again shrunk to one of the smallest areas in recent decades, 10 % above the record minimum set last year.

That maximum extent was 595,000 square miles above the 1981 - 2010 average extent, the NSIDC said in a statement, and broke the consecutive records set in 2012 and 2013.

A: The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced this week that the sea ice surrounding Antarctica reached its maximum extent — its widest halo around the continent — in 2014 on 22 September: more than 20 million square kilometers, which also set a record for the highest extent of sea ice around the continent since satellite measurements began in the late 1970s.

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

Record low monthly extents were set in October 2016 through April 2017, except for December 2016, when the monthly average field was slightly higher than 2010.

This is the second lowest minimum extent in the satellite record, 70,000 sq km larger than the record set in 2017.

This was the smallest April Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent in the 50 - year period of record, dropping below the previous record set in 1968 by 30,000 square miles.

This was the smallest June extent since records began in 1979 and 100,000 square miles smaller than the previous record set in 2010.

Dan H # 28: Not sure where you get the idea that a record low extent is set every five years.

Evidence for regional warmth during medieval times can be found in a diverse but more limited set of records including ice cores, tree rings, marine sediments, and historical sources from Europe and Asia, but the exact timing and duration of warm periods may have varied from region to region, and the magnitude and geographic extent of the warmth are uncertain.

Current ice extent is well below levels at the same point in 2012, which went on to set the current record for the lowest sea ice minimum extent:

«The far north has indeed been behaving bizarrely in Nov / Dec 2016, setting many new records for temperature, sea ice extent, atmospheric water vapour content, and Arctic amplification (the difference in temperature between the Arctic and northern mid-latitudes)»

The high anomalies up in the Arctic continue for a third month in GISTEMP and the question of the maximum Arctic Sea Ice Extent is surely now only by how much this freeze season will be below the record low set in 2017.

I got that in spades on the sea ice thread when I argued that 2008 was not on a surefire course to surpass 2007's record, and rather was likely set for an earlier and stronger recovery — yet I was correct (and incidentally ice extent is now ~ 1.5 million km2 more than a year ago.)

Other data sets such as ocean heat content, sea ice extent, whatever, are not sufficiently mature or long - range (see Climate data records: maturity matrix).

By comparison, the actual minimum ice extent was 18 percent less than the previous record set in 2007.

-- Antarctic sea ice extent reached record high for second year in a row; South Pole station set record high temperature: The Antarctic maximum sea ice extent reached a record high of 7.56 million square miles on October 1.

I view the question of whether the minimum sea ice extent sets a new record this year as secondary.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center predicts this year's minimum summer sea ice extent won't break the record set in 2012.

The US National Snow and Ice Data Center, which monitors Arctic ice, said last week: «It is unlikely that Arctic sea ice extent this September will fall below the record minimum set in 2012.»

Evidence for regional warmth during medieval times can be found in a diverse but more limited set of records including ice cores, tree rings, marine sediments, and historical sources from Europe and Asia, but the exact timing and duration of warm periods may have varied from region to region, and the magnitude and geographic extent of the warmth are uncertain.

The Arctic wasn't just relatively hot last year — beating the previous record set in 2010 by 0.17 degrees Celsius (0.3 degrees Fahrenheit)-- it also experienced the lowest sea ice volume yet recorded, and the second - lowest extent.

Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest level in 38 years last month, setting a record low for the month of May and setting up conditions for what could become the smallest Arctic ice extent in history, according to National Snow and Ice Data Center data released Tuesday.

And it's about 37,000 square miles less than the 2015 maximum extent, the previous record - setting low.

2016 set the third - lowest maximum 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).

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.

Antarctic ice extent setting new records last year, and close to breaking them this year again Extreme weather as measured by ACE on a decline for decades Drought as measured by Palmer Drought Index flat for decades Sea level increases not accelerating and possibly starting to decelerate Signature tropospheric hot spot completely missing Scientists by the bushel coming up with some of the most absurd excuses as to why....

In the summer of 2012, Arctic sea ice has broken the previous record for minimum extent (set in 2007), fallen below 4 million square kilometers, and, as of September 17, dropped below 3.5 million square kilometers in extent.

Arctic sea ice extent (SIE) has decreased over recent decades, with record - setting minimum events in 2007 and again in 2012.

Stroeve says this year's minimum extent was largely due to the exceptionally warm winter in the Arctic, part of a trend that's resulted in 14 consecutive months of record - setting average high temperatures worldwide.

While Greenland was setting records linked to melting, another was being set around the chilly mass of Antarctica, which saw a new highest daily sea ice extent.

But Julienne Stroeve with the National Snow and Ice Data Center says the extent of sea ice in the far north this month wasn't quite small enough to break the record set in 2012.

In fact, 2015 and early 2016 set records for the most sea ice extent observed.

According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the monthly average June 2010 ice extent was 10.87 million square kilometers, 1.29 million square kilometers below climatology (1979 - 2000) and 190,000 square kilometers below the previous record low for the month of 11.06 million square kilometers set in 2006.

In September 2007 sea ice extent reached its lowest level since the satellite record began in 1979; the monthly extent, 4.28 × 106 square kilometers, surpassed the previous sea ice minimum record (set in 2005) by 1.28 × 106 square kilometers [Stroeve et al., 2008].

2012's sea ice area and extent were already trending low this year, but damage done to the thin and low concentration of ice by this storm almost ensures that 2012 will eclipse 2007 in all categories as the lowest sea ice on record by the time the September low is set.

He says this winter may not set a new record low sea - ice extent for a third consecutive year.

The extent of Bering Sea ice cover this year has so far exceeded that of the previous two years, he added, because the extraordinary and record - setting low sea - ice formation of the past two winters mainly were due to a couple of short - term factors: a strong El Nino and an unusually persistent warm - water mass in the north Pacific commonly called «The Blob.»

Record low monthly extents were set in the Arctic in January, February, April, May, June, October, and November; and in the Antarctic in November and December.

The Antarctic has even recently broke the all time record set for ice extent in recorded satellite history.

Antarctic ice extent has reached approximately 20 million square kilometers, it's already broken the all - time record ice extent set in September of 2012.

Throughout the year, a wave of new record lows were set for both daily and monthly extent.

As I have pointed out previously on spiked, when one out of six new studies showed that a new record had been set for Arctic sea ice extent, the Guardian's Damian Carrington declared: «Ice is the white flag being waved by our planet, under fire from the atmospheric attack being mounted by humanity.»

Sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic set record low extents every day in December, continuing the pattern that began in November.

The March 24, 2016 maximum sea - ice extent was estimated at 5.6 million square miles (14.52 million square kilometers), which set a new record for the lowest maximum extent since satellite monitoring began in 1981.

Antarctic sea ice has had a positive anomaly continually since that 2012 post and has set all time extent records.

Arctic sea ice is now 28 % beneath its historic average extent, setting a record low for October.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA announced in mid-September that the extent of Arctic sea ice had dropped to 3.41 million square kilometers (1.32 million square miles)-- well below the previous record of 4.17 million square kilometers (1.61 million square miles) set in 2007.