Sentences with phrase «ice buildup by»

Slippery steps, an unlit staircase, a lobby that was not maintained, ice buildup by an entryway.

Not exact matches

When ice starts to form through other means — like frost caused by condensation buildup — the bottom layer kicks into action.

The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (whose reports are conservative by nature), and a range of other assessments all conclude with high confidence that — for better or worse — the long - term Arctic trend for summer sea ice is down, given the projected buildup of greenhouse gases and tendency of the Arctic to amplify warming.

The planet's total heat buildup can be derived by adding up heat content from the ocean, atmosphere, land & ice..

Whether we look at the steady increase in global temperature; the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to the highest level in a half - million years; the march of warmest - ever years (9 of the10 hottest on record have occurred since 2000); the dramatic shrinking of mountain glaciers and Arctic sea ice; the accelerating rise in sea level; or the acidification of our oceans; the tale told by the evidence is consistent and it is compelling.

A recent study, conducted by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and published in the journal Nature Communications, discovered a link between diminishing Arctic sea ice and the buildup of high ridges of atmospheric pressure over the North Pacific.

There is an indirect measurement of NH temperatures by d18O in N2O, which reflects mainly the NH ice sheet buildup.

The data on this winter's ice buildup came on the day that international ministers gathered in Washington to address issues facing Earth's polar regions, which have been disproportionately affected by global warming.