Sentences with phrase «ice loss continues»

«Our analyses highlight the potential for large reductions in the global Polar Bear population if sea - ice loss continues, which is forecast by climate models and other studies (IPCC 2013).

But there is so much we can't yet know — including exactly how strong each of these trends will become as ice loss continues, and how these and other developments will interact.

If both Greenland and West Antarctica shed the entirety of their ice burden, global sea levels would rise by 12 to 14 m. Although these icecaps would not disintegrate within a century, the loss of even a third of their mass — quite plausible if the rate of polar ice loss continues to double each decade — would force up the oceans by at least 4 m, with disastrous socioeconomic and environmental consequences.

And if ice loss continues to accelerate in the warming Arctic, this effect may only become more pronounced in the future.

The results do suggest however that if sea ice loss continues as it has over recent decades, the risk of wet summers may increase.

Lead author Dr Malcolm McMillan from the University of Leeds said: «We find that ice losses continue to be most pronounced along the fast - flowing ice streams of the Amundsen Sea sector, with thinning rates of between 4 and 8 metres per year near to the grounding lines of the Pine Island, Thwaites and Smith Glaciers.»

«However, ice loss continued north of the Laptev Sea, opening up a gap in the ice cover that reduced extent.»

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This has continued ever since and is responsible for the ice loss we are observing today and over the last few decades.»

The ice loss found in northeast Greenland is accelerating, and it is uncertain how many years it will continue, he said.

The team say their findings demonstrate the potential for current ice loss to continue for several decades yet.

Based on what we know, we can expect the rapid ice loss to continue for a long time yet, especially if ocean - driven melting of the ice shelf in front of Pine Island Glacier continues at current rates,»

Faster than normal ice loss rates continued through August, a transition month when ice loss typically begins to slow.

Whiteman and his colleagues concluded in the Science publication: «This suggests that bears are unlikely to avoid deleterious declines in body condition, and ultimately survival, that are expected with continued ice loss and lengthening of the ice - melt period.»

The dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice cover observed over the satellite era is expected to continue throughout the 21st century.

But that could just be temporary: The spot may eventually succumb to ice loss if warming continues, she says.

The World Conservation Union projects the bears» numbers will drop by 30 % by 2050 (pdf) due to continued loss of Arctic sea ice.

The continued swings in the Arctic Oscillation can make it difficult for climate scientists to determine how sea ice loss is altering winter weather, since there is so much natural variability in the system in the first place.

The IPCC projects that ice mass loss from melting of the Greenland ice sheet will continue to outpace accumulation of snowfall.

People are also still looking for a weight loss pill that will allow them to continue eating country fried steak, massive cinnamon buns and ice cream on a regular basis.

I remember only a few years ago people were talking about end of the century or later for ice loss — and as events unfold we seem to be rapidly reeling this estimate in closer — prudence would lead me to assume it best to take a pessimistic view in case we continue to shorten our estimates.

There continues to be significant excess heat storage in the Arctic Ocean at the end of summer due to continued near - record sea ice loss.

Whilst there has been a continuing loss of thick multi-year ice (Maslanik — drift age model) after the precipitous drop Nghiem 2008 revealed using QuikScat: This is in line with the arguments of Bitz & Roe — thicker ice thins faster.

It is likely that the primary reason for the large loss of ice this summer is that the ice cover has continued to thin and become more dominated by seasonal ice.

The thing is, Antarctic land ice loss will continue and accelerate as glacial terminators erode more and more quickly.

DSL: «The thing is, Antarctic land ice loss will continue and accelerate as glacial terminators erode more and more quickly.

Individual responses continue to be based on a range of methods: statistical, numerical models, comparison with previous rates of sea ice loss, composites of several approaches, estimates based on various non sea ice datasets and trends, and subjective information (the heuristic category).

Furthermore, dissimilarity and a continued loss in coherence in sea ice drift patterns in March 2012 relative to March 2007 and 2011 suggests that spatiotemporal variability in fall ice extent will be governed by local ice conditions and ice - ice interactions as monitored by small - scale properties associated with sea ice deformation.

It has come to the point that if we continue losing mass in those areas, the loss can generate a self - reinforcing feedback whereby we will be losing more and more ice, ultimately raising sea levels by tens of feet.»

Individual responses continue to be based on a range of methods: statistical, numerical models, comparison with previous rates of sea ice loss, estimates based on various non-sea ice datasets and trends, and subjective information (the «heuristic» category).

Most of the studies on the Arctic climate and ice trends cited to support the proposed listing assumed that the buildup of heat - trapping gases was probably contributing to the loss of sea ice, or that the continued buildup of these gases, left unchecked, could create ice - free Arctic summers later this century, and possibly in as little as three decades.

The northern melting will likely add to sea level rise explains lead author, Shfaqat Abbas Khan: «If this activity in northwest Greenland continues and really accelerates some of the major glaciers in the area — like the Humboldt Glacier and the Peterman Glacier — Greenland's total ice loss could easily be increased by an additional 50 to 100 cubic kilometers (12 to 24 cubic miles) within a few years.»

The end result is the glaciers accelerate seaward, causing dynamic thinning, increased calving, and a large loss of ice mass that continues until a new equilibrium is established.

Furthermore, the parameters for the certainty or uncertainty of continued sea ice loss can be established based on projections of total energy content in the Arctic environment.

A continuing trend in glacier loss will seriously decrease the water reserves stored as ice, reducing melt season runoff.

The loss of the normal ocean circulation could cause drastic shifts in weather patterns, and continued loss of ice in Greenland will lead to the continued rise in sea level, threatening coastal cities around the globe.

Still, the consensus of a stable low level of sea ice extent or continued modest sea ice loss is a strong result.

The remaining estimates fall into «high» and «low» extent groupings: the low extent group with a range of 4.2 to 4.7 million square kilometers, representing a continued loss of sea ice extent compared to 2008/2009, and the high extent group of 5.4 to 5.7 million square kilometers, suggesting a return to the long - term trend for summer sea ice loss.

The natural variation that has led us out of the Little Ice Age has a bit of frosting on the cake by land use; and, part of that land use has resulted in a change in vegetation and soil CO2 loss so that we see a rise in CO2 and the CO2 continues to rise without a temperature accompaniment (piano player went to take a leak), as the land use has all but gobbled up most of the arable land North of 30N and we are starting to see low till farming and some soil conservation just beginning when the soil will again take up the CO2, and the GMO's will increase yields, then CO2 will start coming down on its own and we can go to bed listening to Ave Maria to address another global crisis to get the populous all scared begging governments to tell us much ado about... nothing.

In many rivers fed by glaciers, there will be a «meltwater dividend» during some part of the 21st century, due to increasing rates of loss of glacier ice, but the continued shrinkage of the glaciers means that after several decades the total amount of meltwater that they yield will begin to decrease (medium confidence).

«When you start looking at longer - term trends, 50 or 60 years, there's no escaping the loss of ice in the summer,» Kay said, telling LiveScience that «the long - term fate is basically sealed if we continue to increase greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.»

The MDB average rainfall during the last three decades has been recording a 10 % loss per decade, I believe this is primarily due to declining solar radiation levels, moving from the highest for 8000 years to presently the lowest for 100 years, this solar decline is expected to continue for at least another 3 decades, maybe 6 decades like it did in the 16th century, brining on the last little ice age.

Unlike 2007, however, August and September 2009 SLP patterns were not conducive to continued sea ice loss.

Relatively large daily ice losses have continued into early August, though they are less than the extreme losses in early August 2012 that occurred in the wake of a strong cyclone that moved through the area and broke up the ice in the Chukchi Sea.

Zwally deemed it necessary to acknowledge climate change fears and suggested that if the rate of dynamic thinning continues, Antarctica could begin exhibiting a net loss of ice within the next 20 years, but only if there was no compensating snowfall.

Individual responses continue to be based on a range of methods: statistical, numerical models, comparison with previous rates of sea ice loss, estimates based on various non-sea ice datasets and trends, and subjective information (i.e., the «heuristic» category).

Rather than the AD pattern being relevant and impacting the Beaufort Sea, a key factor for sea ice loss in the last month is the strong continuing positive North Atlantic Oscillation pattern bringing warm temperatures to the North of Eurasia (Figure 4).

Loss of glacial volume in Alaska and neighboring British Columbia, Canada, currently contributes 20 % to 30 % as much surplus freshwater to the oceans as does the Greenland Ice Sheet — about 40 to 70 gigatons per year, 66,78,63,57,64,58 comparable to 10 % of the annual discharge of the Mississippi River.79 Glaciers continue to respond to climate warming for years to decades after warming ceases, so ice loss is expected to continue, even if air temperatures were to remain at current levLoss of glacial volume in Alaska and neighboring British Columbia, Canada, currently contributes 20 % to 30 % as much surplus freshwater to the oceans as does the Greenland Ice Sheet — about 40 to 70 gigatons per year, 66,78,63,57,64,58 comparable to 10 % of the annual discharge of the Mississippi River.79 Glaciers continue to respond to climate warming for years to decades after warming ceases, so ice loss is expected to continue, even if air temperatures were to remain at current leveIce Sheet — about 40 to 70 gigatons per year, 66,78,63,57,64,58 comparable to 10 % of the annual discharge of the Mississippi River.79 Glaciers continue to respond to climate warming for years to decades after warming ceases, so ice loss is expected to continue, even if air temperatures were to remain at current leveice loss is expected to continue, even if air temperatures were to remain at current levloss is expected to continue, even if air temperatures were to remain at current levels.

Closed contours over the Pacific Arctic support a continued low sea level pressure in that region, similar to Figure 9, which is not supportive of rapid sea ice loss.

The two scientists report in Nature Climate Change that if emissions of greenhouse gases continue to rise as they are doing now, the thaw of the permafrost and the loss of the ice caps could release 1,700 billion metric tons of carbon now locked in as frozen organic matter.

However, the rate of ice loss accelerated in July, and faster than normal loss rates continued through August, a transition month when ice losses typically begins to slow.