Sentences with phrase «ice extent reached»

Before September even began, Arctic sea ice extent reached record low levels.

Antarctic sea ice extent reached its summertime minimum on March 3, at 813,000 square miles (2.11 million square kilometers).

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].

Arctic sea ice extent reached its wintertime maximum on March 7, at 5.57 million square miles (14.42 million square kilometers).

-- 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.

Yesterday the Arctic sea ice extent reached 6433281 sq km and achieved the highest seven day recovery rate of the last eleven years.

The Arctic's sea ice extent reached an all - time low in September 2012, with the smallest recorded extent since satellite observations began.

Antarctic sea ice extent reached a record high this year on 22 September, topping 20 million square kilometers for the first time since 1979, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Melting is going on at both ends of the planet, with Antarctic and Arctic sea ice extents reaching record lows in the past year.

With all the interest in the Arctic sea - ice extent reaching new minimums in area and volume, it seems instructive to point out a similar phenomena occurring in habitable areas.

Not exact matches

This year's maximum extent of Arctic sea ice, reached March 7 (shown), is the smallest peak extent ever seen.

An image of an area of the Arctic sea ice pack well north of Alaska, captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. 13, 2013, the day before the National Snow and Ice Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the yeice pack well north of Alaska, captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. 13, 2013, the day before the National Snow and Ice Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the yeIce Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the yeice to have reached its minimum extent for the year.

Each year, the Arctic sea ice reaches its minimum extent in September.

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.

To think that now the Antarctic sea ice extent is actually reaching a record minimum, that's definitely of interest.»

The Arctic's ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent on September 10, 2016, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent on September 10, 2016, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDIce Data Center (NSIDC).

This year, sea ice in the Arctic reached its smallest maximum extent since satellites began tracking polar ice patterns, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, while scientists have also forecast ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 201ice in the Arctic reached its smallest maximum extent since satellites began tracking polar ice patterns, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, while scientists have also forecast ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 201ice patterns, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, while scientists have also forecast ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 201Ice Data Center, while scientists have also forecast ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 201ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 2013).

The sea ice reached its maximum winter extent unusually early this year and has been falling fast, to a new record low for this time of year (see graph below).

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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 197Ice 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 197ice 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 197ice around the continent since satellite measurements began in the late 1970s.

September is the month that usually sees the highest extent of Antarctic sea ice as the Southern Hemisphere winter ends, and Arctic ice reaches its all - time low as it says goodbye to the dog days of summer.

At the end of the last glacial maximum, when ice sheets reached their maximum extent 20,000 to 25,000 years ago, the ice covering Antarctica was even thicker than it is today.

The extent of global sea ice coverage reached its smallest area ever recorded in 2016, new data show.

The extent of Arctic sea ice reached the maximum area of its seasonal cycle on March 7th coming in at 14.42 million km2.

Meanwhile, in Antarctica, sea ice has already reached its minimum extent following the summer melt season.

Arctic sea ice, bordering Alaska's northern periphery, reached its lowest extent on record in May.

Earlier this week, scientists confirmed the area of Arctic Ocean covered by sea ice — known as sea ice extent — reached a record low in November.

On September 10, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent at 1.60 million square miles, statistically tying 2007 as the second smallest extent in the 1979 — 2016 satellite record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Centice reached its annual minimum extent at 1.60 million square miles, statistically tying 2007 as the second smallest extent in the 1979 — 2016 satellite record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data CentIce Data Center.

On August 31, the Antarctic sea ice reached its annual maximum extent at 7.12 million square miles.

When it comes to the rest of 2016 and the coming summer and fall season when ice melts across the Arctic and reaches its lowest extent, he says, «we are starting out in a deep hole.»

Antarctic sea ice extent increased rapidly through June and early July, and reached new daily record highs through most of this year.

Depending on the extent of the ice pack, females may need to travel some 50 miles (80 kilometers) just to reach the open ocean, where they will feed on fish, squid, and krill.

The graph below (high - resolution copy) shows the range of the forecasts for early September, the point when the sea ice typically reaches its minimum extent, compared to recent years and the average over the period of precise satellite measurement.

ScienceDaily (Oct. 3, 2008)-- Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second - lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center.&raqice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second - lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center.&raqIce Data Center.»

That's one reason that, even with today's announcement that the sea ice reached a new low extent for the satellite era, I wouldn't bet that «the Arctic is all but certain to be virtually ice free within two decades,» as some have proposed.

Summer sea ice didn't reach its lowest extent on record in 2017, but that's not the only measurement that matters, experts warn.

In 2012, scientists from the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center confirmed that Arctic sea ice extent has reached a record lIce Data Center confirmed that Arctic sea ice extent has reached a record lice extent has reached a record low.

Now it's official: as of September 16, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean reached a record low minimum exteIce Data Center, the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean reached a record low minimum exteice covering the Arctic Ocean reached a record low minimum extent.

Our model predicts that September 2015 Arctic sea ice extent will be 2.11 million km2 below the 1982 to 2011 observed average extent, but will not reach values as low as those observed in 2007 or 2012.

In March 2013, the Arctic ice reached its maximum extent, which was the sixth lowest on record (it naturally fluctuates a bit year to year, but the trend is definitely downward).

Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists at the NASA - supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NAice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists at the NASA - supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NAIce Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA.

Editor's Note: This story has been corrected to reflect that the Arctic ice cap has reached its lowest extent in 38 years of recordkeeping, not 50 years.

On September 12, 2009, sea ice in the Arctic Ocean most likely reached its minimum extent for 2009, said the National Snow and Ice Data Centice in the Arctic Ocean most likely reached its minimum extent for 2009, said the National Snow and Ice Data CentIce Data Center.

The Arctic sea ice has reached its minimum extent for 2011, becoming the second lowest on record, one group says.

I see the Arctic ice has reached it's maximum extent.

And meanwhile down south exactly the same thing happened as in the far north, although [due to the reversed situation of a central continent and surrounding seas — instead of a central ocean, surrounded by land masses] with exactly the opposite effect: the Antarctic sea ice reached its highest ever extent during the Southern Hemisphere winter.

Center officials say the sea ice probably reached its maximum extent on March 7th, when it covered about 5 - and - a-half-million square miles of the Arctic Ocean, including portions of the Bering Sea that lie south of the Arctic Circle.

The most obvious being Antarctic sea ice has not declined as all climate models predicted, but sea ice has now reached record extent.

The range of ocean remaining frozen over the northern polar region reached its minimum extent for 2009 on September 12, when it covered 1.97 million square miles (5.1 million square km), and now appears to be growing again as the Arctic starts its annual cool - down, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported.

After an unusually cool summer in the northernmost latitudes, Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual minimum extent on September 13, 2013.