Sentences with phrase «global sea ice area»

Here's a link to a graph of global sea ice area over the past 30 years.

In early 2017, the Arctic, Antarctic and Global Sea Ice Area Extent were each at the lowest level in the data set.

pdf cited by Will ««Observed global sea ice area, defined here as a sum of N. Hemisphere and S. Hemisphere sea ice areas, is near or slightly lower than those observed in late 1979.»

Goddard moves on to a graph, apparently from the University of Illinois (no cite, but it looks real) showing global sea ice area from 1979 to the present.

Then, in the beginning days of February, the Arctic sea ice extent and area both broke records again, as the entire global sea ice area entered the second - lowest range ever to have been recorded.

Anomolous global sea ice area would seem to be over a million square kilometers below the 1979 - 2000 mean... hmmm and continuing lack of sunspots should mean lower global temperatures... hmmm

Update for Global Sea Ice Area spiral for Jan 31 2017.

Now comes news that the «astonishingly low level» of global sea ice area that we brought to the waiting world's attention on November 7th has today been chosen by The Guardian as one of their:

In early 2017, the Arctic, Antarctic and Global Sea Ice Area Extent were each at the lowest level in the data set that starts 1979.

In the research center's January statement, the scientists wrote that «Observed global sea ice area, defined here as a sum of N. Hemisphere and S. Hemisphere sea ice areas, is near or slightly lower than those observed in late 1979.»

Meantime, per Cryosphere, the Global Sea Ice Area fell by over 1 million km in a matter of about 5 days.

Obviously, the anomalously low area / extent has become more pronounced over the intervening three months, such that the rolling 12 - month average for global sea ice area and extent is currently setting new all - time low records.

The global sea ice area remaining unshrunk DOES NOT mean that ice is not melting.