Sentences with phrase «ice patches melt»
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«Very old ice probably exists in small isolated patches at the base of the ice sheet that have not yet been identified, but in many places it has probably melted and flowed out into the ocean.»
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The shrinking sea ice drives a classic positive feedback loop: as more ice melts, fewer patches of white snow reflect solar energy, and larger regions of dark, sunlight - absorbing seawater open up — both causing the ice to melt even faster.
On a clear day, anyone flying over Greenland on the route between North America and Europe can look down and see the bright blue patches of melted water atop the flat, blindingly white expanse of the ice sheet that covers the island, the second largest chunk of ice on Earth.
The latest example of that is in Norway, where a group of researchers has reconstructed 6,000 years of history based on more than 2,000 artifacts that have melted out of ice patches.
Sure enough, a persistently cold patch of ocean is starting to show up just south of Greenland, exactly where previous experimental predictions of a sudden surge of freshwater from melting ice expected it to be.
«We can use our microwave signatures to decompose the network of melt ponds versus snow and ice patches to get a relative percentage coverage of melt ponds,» says Scharien.
Some patches of ice escape melt on July 11, but this is a snapshot of a single day.
If the thought of a polar bear stranded on a patch of melting sea ice doesn't depress you enough, try this video on for
Warming temperatures are melting patches of ice that have been in place for thousands of years in the mountains of the Canadian High Arctic and in turn revealing a treasure trove of ancient hunting tools.