Sentences with phrase «ice minimum extend»
The antarctic summer ice minimum extend dropped about 50 % during this period, suggesting warm ocean waters.
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The data presented here indicate that the area of undersaturation presently extends to approximately 20 % of the Canadian Basin in the late summer months, when sea ice is near its minimum extent.
(See: NYT: Missing Its Spots: «Sun may be on verge of falling into an extended slumber» — could cause «extended chilly period» — «Cosmic ray levels correlate well with climate extending back thousands of years» — July 21, 2009 & Also see: «Sun Sleeps»: Danish Scientist declares «global warming has stopped and a cooling is beginning... enjoy global warming while it lasts» — Sun is «heading towards «a grand minimum» as we saw in Little Ice Age» — Sept. 11, 2009)
It is the only instrumental record that extends back to the Little Ice Age (LIA), a period of cold climate in Europe, and the time of the Maunder Minimum, when sunspots vanished almost entirely for 70 y (1).