Sentences with phrase «ice season»

The pond hockey example in my letter is an entirely true story about the effect of the shorter ice season on my family.

Less sea ice cover and a shorter ice season allows wind and wave action to attack the previously ice - protected coastline, especially during the autumn storm season.

The winter ice season near Barrow, Alaska, is 24 days shorter than in 1950, researchers reported Jan. 30 in the journal The Cryosphere.

Consistent with observed increases in surface temperature, there have been decreases in the length of river and lake ice seasons.

«As ice seasons are getting shorter around the world, we are losing ice without a deep understanding of what we are losing,» said Stephanie Hampton, a Washington State University professor and lead author of a study published in the journal Ecology Letters.

In a story on the Arctic ice season in The Guardian, Julienne Stroeve of the National Snow and Ice Data Center put it well:

Arctic lakes have been freezing up later in the year and thawing earlier, creating a winter ice season about 24 days shorter than it was in 1950, a University of Waterloo study has found.

«This situation is unlike anything observed in previous record low ice seasons,» said Mark Drinkwater of the European Space Agency's Oceans / Ice Unit.

It is «inconvenient» in March (during peak ice season) but soothing for them in August (during near peak melt season).

Satellite observations made from 1979 to 2016 show that the annual sea ice season in the greater Station Obama area has become 3 - 4 months shorter over the last 38 years.

He has a very mature game and dominated with his strength on the ice this season.

The Thruway Authority is also installing IBM / Weather Company forecasting software and engaging Leveraging the Power of Analytics, an IBM business partner to implement the new system for 2017 snow and ice season.

Carlucci invited officials from the Thruway Authority to attend a forum to which he was told that the officials were «preparing for the upcoming snow and ice season» via letter.

NEW YORK, NY — The New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors today approved the purchase of an enhanced Global Positioning System (GPS) for its fleet of 235 heavy - duty plows for the 2017 snow and ice season.

«All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season.»

For a look at how this summer's Arctic sea - ice season may unfold, visit Sea Ice Outlook 2009, where more than a dozen groups of ice researchers are posting experimental forecasts of how the ice is likely to fare.

With 16 responses, the June Outlook reflected a range of thinking about the summer 2010 sea ice season, but not these extremes on each end.

On 15 September 2008, a request was sent to the contributors of the 2008 Arctic Sea Ice Outlook to summarize the 2008 arctic sea ice season, with a 25 September return date.

A request was sent to the contributors of the 2009 SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook to summarize the 2009 arctic sea ice season.

Since 1980, the ice season in Hudson Bay has fallen at a rate of about one day a year, forcing polar bears to spent more time on dry land rather than hunting seals — their main source of food — on sea ice.

In a February report, Dr. Parkinson said, «If trends toward shortened sea ice seasons and lesser sea ice coverage continue, this could entail major consequences to the polar and perhaps global climate, and to the lifestyles and survivability of selected Arctic plant and animal species.»

We note recent Arctic weather conditions in our reports because they help us understand if weather has affected the ice this season.