Sentences with phrase «greater ice loss»

As discussed here, relative to the years of greater ice loss in Greenland, the rate of sea level rise should have dropped by an additional 1.3 mm / year in 2014.

Arctic «sea ice extent has varied naturally over the decades with some Russian data suggesting similar or even greater ice loss in some local areas in the 1930s» — Analysis of Arctic ice: «Russian data shows that the [Arctic] ice was just as thin in 1940 as it is now.

Pokrovsky predicts a further acceleration of melting of the thin ice and in general greater ice loss compared to his June prediction; this change is based on the increase in the sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the North Atlantic and the presence of hot air masses over Siberia and the Russian Arctic.

Also of some significance is that 11 groups predicted greater ice loss in 2008 than in 2007 and were wrong.

Bottom line: the great ice loss of summer 2007 was substantially set up by the export of huge amounts of thick old ice many years earlier, as described here:

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The study fuels a growing concern among scientists about the factors affecting the Antarctic ice sheet — namely, that warm ocean waters are helping to melt glaciers and drive greater levels of ice loss, particularly in West Antarctica.

«Warming greater than 2 degrees Celsius above 19th - century levels is projected to be disruptive, reducing global agricultural productivity, causing widespread loss of biodiversity and — if sustained over centuries — melting much of the Greenland ice sheet with ensuing rise in sea levels of several meters,» the AGU declares in its first statement in four years on «Human Impacts on Climate.»

[SLIDE 17] And so not surprisingly sea level is rising as a result not only of the loss of mountain glaciers and the great land ice sheets — losses from the great land ice sheets; but also thermal expansion of sea water because the ocean is getting warmer.

Currently the loss of sea ice has been greatest from the West Antarctic Peninsula region.

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On the other hand, if volumetric loss is a good proxy for Northward net heat fluxes, as discussed in my comment above, then we might expect the volumetric losses to remain relatively constant, in which case they would represent ever - greater proportions of the remaining ice.

The ice loss amounts to a freshwater volume which should have made an important contribution to the observed decrease in salinity in the northern Atlantic — probably including the «great salinity anomaly» of the 1970s, famous amongst oceanographers.

One result is greater loss of Arctic sea ice in the annual summer warmup.

Artic climatologists are worried that the knee of the curve has already been reached on global warming reaching the positive - feedback stage because the ice loss this year was so dramatically greater than the trend of previous years.

The fate of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is determined by a complicated mix of factors, including the pressure changes, with the biggest loss of old thick ice resulting more from a great «flush» of floes than melting, Dr. Rigor and many other scientists tracking the region say.

Second several papers by Rigor and others show that the loss of ice is due to changing wind patterns have caused greater ice export.

This estimate includes 2nd - and 3rd - year sea ice and covers only the central Arctic Basin, so the loss of older thicker sea ice is even greater (see also Comiso, 2011, J. Climate, Vol.

That conclusion seems much closer to reality but may be unwelcome in some circles since the implication is that, if true and with SLR now at 3.4 mm / annum, loss of land - based ice must be considerably greater than hitherto reported.

Sea ice loss from climate change is causing polar bears to swim longer distances to find stable ice or to reach land, resulting in greater risk to their cubs, according to a new paper co-authored by a WWF expert.

The loss of ice cover on the Great Lakes has both ecological and economic implications.

The fact that a great deal of the melt in Arctic sea ice is affected by the accumulating heat in the oceans and the fact that energy is advected to the Arctic via the oceans in much larger amounts than via the atmosphere and the extreme loss we've seen in Arctic sea ice volume as a result means nothing to the «skeptics».

Maps pinpointing regions with the greatest basal melt, 48 highlighted here by red dots, coincide with the greatest loss of glacier ice along the Amundsen Sea hot spot.

In the Atlantic sector, the greatest loss of Arctic ice occurs in the Barents Sea and associated with the pathways of intruding warm water.

You wrote - «The fact that a great deal of the melt in Arctic sea ice is affected by the accumulating heat in the oceans and the fact that energy is advected to the Arctic via the oceans in much larger amounts than via the atmosphere and the extreme loss we've seen in Arctic sea ice volume as a result means nothing to the «skeptics».»

And despite being Antarctica's most poleward coastline, there has been a great loss of glacier ice around the Amundsen Sea, illustrated by redder tones, causing a net loss of ice for the continent.48

Overall, the curve shown in Figure 4 is commensurate with the notion that a thinner arctic ice cover that is more mobile can lead to greater seasonal and interannual variability, with a potential loss in predictability.

The spread of Outlook contributions suggests about a 29 % chance of reaching a new September sea ice minimum in 2010 and only an 18 % chance of an extent greater than the 2009 minimum (or a return to the long - term trend for summer sea ice loss).

But rapid loss of Arctic ice due to climate change is leading to great shifts — temperatures are increasing, storms are intensifying and sea levels are rising as we move towards irreparable damage.

That is, Arctic Sea Ice loss (and more importantly, first year ice instead of multi-year ice) is leading to higher Arctic temperatures due to greater input of Arctic Ocean heat to the atmospheIce loss (and more importantly, first year ice instead of multi-year ice) is leading to higher Arctic temperatures due to greater input of Arctic Ocean heat to the atmospheice instead of multi-year ice) is leading to higher Arctic temperatures due to greater input of Arctic Ocean heat to the atmospheice) is leading to higher Arctic temperatures due to greater input of Arctic Ocean heat to the atmosphere.

NOAA's CSV2 model predicted much greater sea ice loss around Antarctica than normal, and much higher sea surface temperatures than normal months before it happened.

Also, Doc, regarding your observation that Arctic sea ice loss is greater than Antarctic sea ice gain, you are correct.

The reason, Werner said, is because the loss of snow and ice makes the earth's surface less reflective, meaning solar radiation — or heat — is absorbed in greater amounts by the exposed dark ocean or tundra.

The slightly warmer Arctic temperatures of the recent decade can be attributed to a greater loss of thicker multiyear ice that is ventilating more ocean heat.

now it also results less ice coverage which means greater heat loss and cooler temperatures....

Therefore, a greater open ocean from loss of sea ice concentration allows for a larger exchange of these surface heat fluxes.

This is in sharp contradiction to the projections of many generalised climate models (GCMs) which do not have a great track record in projecting ice - mass loss.

Other problems with the ice cores include meltwater moving through the ice; Bacteria in the ice releasing gases even in 500,000 - year - old ice at great depth; and contamination and losses during drilling and core recovery process.

Great progress has been made recently in assessing the current rate of mass loss from the ice sheets (Shepherd et al., 2012), as well as monitoring the changing snowfall, surface melting, and temperature contributing to the changes.

Warmer oceans lead to great heat being advected via ocean currents to the polar regions, leading to more ice loss and general warming.

Those instruments measure gravity anomalies (and hence mass) and so are will be great at measuring the loss of ice from the ice sheets etc..

Something like an extreme cold event related to sea ice loss obviously can not described in this way — it is a great example of a highly non-linear mechanism.

Also, considering the anticipated greater loss of sea ice in future years, I suspect we'll have to have more of the extreme cold events of the kind that affected Europe.

Sustained warming greater than some threshold would lead to the near - complete loss of the Greenland ice sheet over a millennium or more, causing a global mean sea - level rise of up to 7 meters [23 feet](high confidence).

By comparing changes in ice thickness taken in 1999 to measurements made earlier in the decade, they concluded that the continent is giving up nearly 50 gigatons — that s 50 billion tons — of water per year, with greatest losses coming from the eastern coast.

From this point our WV molecule can, by hapstance, either re-evaporate with a recharge of thermal energy, or discharge (with greater temperature reduction and another loss of «radiant energy» during «change of phase») further to ice.