Sentences with phrase «ice free during»

I'm going to dig about and see if Murmansk ceased being ice free during that time (since it is the end of the line for the Gulf Stream and the reason the Russians have a nice set of ports there).

One projection that the newer models have not honed in on, however, is the approximate date when the Arctic Ocean will be seasonally ice free during the summer months.

Add the facts in trend: The oceans are acidifying, The climate has already shifted 4 degrees of latitude in the past 30 years; the Arctic will likely be virtually ice free during the summer melt within the decade, all the uncertainty ranges are positive and none of them are negative, CO2 is plant food, but what does that mean when the oxygen levels are dropping, the Hoover dam is supposed to shut down in 2023 due to no water (latitudinal shift), the Yangtze in China is getting very low, etc. etc..

After comparing a range of models with actual observations, his team predicts that the Arctic Ocean will be ice free during September as early as the end of this century.

In the late 30's the Russians were exploring options of traveling the NE passage as it was ice free during summer.

Ice cover has been at or near record lows since 2001, says the report, which predicts the Arctic Ocean will be nearly ice free during the summer within 30 - 40 years.

Or how about the changes in sea ice are normal variations, that the Arctic was ice free during other interglacial periods, that sea ice is an anomaly?

A broad outline of Ewing and Donn's theory, which proposes that the Arctic was ice free during the last glaciation, can be found here:

Not exact matches

One popular theory is that the first native North Americans ventured from Asia over an ice - free, Alaskan land bridge to what is now western and central Canada during the Ice Aice - free, Alaskan land bridge to what is now western and central Canada during the Ice AIce Age.

Although I've been dairy and gluten free for a while, during pregnancy and after my son was born I couldn't get enough of ice cream, cheese and breads.

Specifically, the authors examined satellite images of the island with a high density of bears, during the ice - free summer and compared the images to aerial and ground surveys collected on different dates.

By contrast, during the last ice age, hundreds of comparatively smaller icebergs broke free of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and drifted into Pine Island Bice age, hundreds of comparatively smaller icebergs broke free of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and drifted into Pine Island BIce Sheet and drifted into Pine Island Bay.

Their field - based data also suggest that during major climate cool - downs in the past several million years, the ice sheet expanded into previously ice - free areas, «showing that the ice sheet in East Greenland responds to and tracks global climate change,» Bierman says.

The other study in Nature — led by Joerg Schaefer of Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia University, and colleagues — looked at a small sample of bedrock from one location beneath the middle of the existing ice sheet and came to what appears to be a different conclusion: Greenland was nearly ice - free for at least 280,000 years during the middle Pleistocene — about 1.1 million years ago.

Scientists using evidence from bison fossils have determined when an ice - free corridor opened up along the Rocky Mountains during the late Pleistocene.

«Ice - free Arctic winters could explain amplified warming during Pliocene.»

But the Estonian coast is icebound during winter, whereas Ventspils is normally ice - free.

Year - round ice - free conditions across the surface of the Arctic Ocean could explain why Earth was substantially warmer during the Pliocene Epoch than it is today, despite similar concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

During this time, when dinosaurs roamed the almost subtropical forests of an ice - free Antarctic, conditions on the other side of the planet were even more remarkable: the Arctic Ocean was a gigantic freshwater lake infested with crocodile - like reptiles.

Year - round ice - free conditions across the surface of the Arctic Ocean could explain why Earth was substantially warmer during the Pliocene Epoch than it is today, despite similar concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to new research carried out at the University of Colorado Boulder.

He insists that there is no evidence that during the past few million years the Arctic was ice - free.

Ocean cruise companies already offer Arctic voyages and, with more ice - free months, are weighing more trips during formerly frozen - over months.

The Earth went through a prolonged phase of extremely high temperatures during the Eocene, in which even the poles were ice - free.

Over the next few decades, the Arctic Ocean is projected to become ice - free during the summer.

But during the 6 weeks the researchers spent on the Gould documenting the interaction between humpbacks and krill in Wilhelmina Bay and nearby waters, they counted 306 humpbacks parked on the huge krill swarm, and a total of 500 throughout the unusually ice - free bay at the record - setting density of 5.1 whales per square kilometer.

«The combined sea ice data suggest that the seasonal Arctic sea ice cover was strongly reduced during most of the early Holocene and there appear to have been periods of ice free summers in the central Arctic Ocean.

«By the middle of the century, the Arctic Ocean is predicted to be ice - free during part of the year,» lead author Cvijanovic explained.

If emissions aren't brought under control and temperatures continue to rise, the Arctic could become ice - free during summer by the middle of the century.

During the first weeks, they also had to keep the floating constructions free from ice floes and freezing spray.

An ice - free Arctic Ocean absorbs solar radiation during the long summer days, and evaporates more water into the Arctic atmosphere.

During the late Pleistocene glacial maxima, about two - thirds of the present Alaskan land mass was ice free (Hamilton and Goebel 1999:156).

During her free time, she enjoys sushi, iced coffee, and binge watching netflix shows with her husband every night.

North Korea's Kim Ju Sik lifts Ryom Tae Ok during the pairs free skate final at Gangneung Ice Arena.

Adam Rippon performs during the men's free figure skating final in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea on February 17th, 2018

Gold medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform during the ice dancing free skate on Feb. 20.

Viz is stretching that community in different directions, with print exclusives for digital subscribers and in - person meetups at comics conventions — they handed out free ice cream bars at an off - site event during Comic - Con in San Diego last July, and during NYCC they had a meetup at the nearby Kinokuniya bookstore.

To say thanks, Best Friends in Oklahoma City will give away free doggy ice cream and cookies to all visitors during the weekend of June 2 - 3.

Ice Pups, a grain - free treat for both dogs and cats, help hydrate pets during the summer months.

Migration This seabird is not recognized as the migratory bird, however the northern birds may move southward during the winter season toward ice - free areas.

During this time Ramon would go with his brother to free dive up to 80 feet for lobster and would easily fill an ice box in four days.

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It's possible that both animals entered the Atlantic via the Northwest Passage, which has been partially free of ice for brief periods during the past four years — a phenomenon attributed to climate change.

An additional reception on February 14, 2012 from 6 to 9 pm in the Hall will be held during InLiquid's Benefit v. 13 * free Second Thursday and Young Professionals Preview event in the Ice Box Project Space.

In any event, there is unequivocal geologic evidence for parts of the GIS still in tact during the last interglacial, and Northern Hemisphere ice core records (see NEEM) now go back that far, which rules out ice - free conditions at the time in the NH.

This lends credence to the postulation that the Arctic not only might, but is likely to be ice - free during the summer in the near future.»

This lends credence to the postulation that the Arctic is likely to be ice - free during the summer in the near future.»

There's been open water at the pole before» During the summer of 2000 there was «a large body of ice - free water about 10 miles long and 3 miles wide near the pole» http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E3DD1E31F93AA1575BC0A9669C8B63

To put those questions into perspective, the U.S. CCSP claims «According to paleoclimatic records, there is no evidence of an ice - free summer Arctic during the last 800 millennia...»

Dec. 19, 1:44 p.m. Updated below A very important research effort has been under way during recent summers in the warming, increasingly ice - free shallows off Russia's Siberian coast.

During the ice - free period in August and September 2007, the prevailing cyclonic atmospheric circulation deflected the freshwater plume of the River Lena to the east, which increased the salinity on the mid-shelf north of the Lena Delta.