Sentences with phrase «ice during the last few decades»

For instance, one can colour the extent of the loss of Arctic sea ice during the last few decades, or the projected loss of shoreline if sea levels rise, or how many football fields of global forest we are losing every minute.

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The study not only reveals the Arctic's dramatic changes over the last few decades, but may also help researchers better predict when the Arctic Ocean will be ice - free during parts of the year.

For the Eastern Fraim Strait, the Southeast Barents Sea, and North Iceland, there was considerably less sea ice coverage (as assessed in months - per - year) during the late 1600s to early 1700s than there has been during the last few decades.