Furthermore, virtually all of the negative trends in ice concentration in the Amundsen Sea and a third or more of the negative sea
ice trends in the Bellingshausen Sea are explained, along with a third or more of the positive sea
ice trends in the Ross Sea.
If you agree we shouldn't start sea
ice trends in anomalously cold or high extent years, surely you will agree that 1979 is not acceptable as a starting point.
While other studies have had limited success in quantitatively explaining Antarctic sea
ice trends in terms of the atmospheric circulation (Liu et al. 2004; Stammerjohn et al. 2008), our congruency analysis of sea ice trends with the atmospheric circulation (Figs. 7b, 8a) explains nearly all of the negative sea ice trend in the Amundsen Sea and a significant portion of the negative trends in the Bellingshausen Sea and positive trends in the Ross Sea.
Examination of sea
ice trends in each month of the year shows that the large - scale spatial patterns of sea ice trends are remarkably persistent from month to month (not shown).
While our congruency analysis can explain the spatial pattern of positive sea
ice trends in the Ross Sea and negative sea
ice trends in the Amundsen - Bellingshausen Seas, it does not capture the negative trends in the Weddell Sea.
So, the IPCC AR4's contention that sea
ice trends in Antarctica «continues» to show «no statistically significant average trends» contrasts with what it had concluded in the TAR.
Fan, T., et al. (2014) Recent Antarctic sea
ice trends in the context of Southern Ocean surface climate variations since 1950, Geophys.
As for
the ice trends in that region, I've sent some queries to experts.
This afternoon, I asked Marika Holland, a climate and ice modeler at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, to consider recent
ice trends in light of her work with Jennifer E. Kay and Alexandra Jahn on a paper finding likely periods of ice recovery on the way to an ice - free Arctic in summer.
I recommend you check out my recent piece on sea -
ice trends in Science Times.
Richard B. Alley of Penn State has long been a source I call on when I'm puzzling over the latest study of
ice trends in the Arctic or Antarctica.
There is currently one clearly significant sea
ice trend in the Antarctic; it is in the region bordering the Antarctic Peninsula, and it is a declining trend.
Although there has been a positive sea
ice trend in the Ross Sea, it is quite distant from the coastline of West Antarctica from 130 ° W to the dateline, but approaches the coastline of East Antarctica from 130 ° E to 90 ° E.
Not exact matches
• Entrepreneurs disrupting the
ice cream category • Social media used as a powerful tool, renewing interest
in ice cream brands and flavors • Practical implications of formulating clean label • Regulatory and legislative issues facing the industry • Consumer
trends • Innovative
ice cream competition (participants tasted and evaluated approximately 45
ice cream / frozen novelties creations)
Coconut has been cited recently as one of the hottest food
trends in the U.S. — ranging from coconut water, oil and butter, to coconut chips and coconut
ice cream.
Even though
ice cream always is popular, that doesn't make Payco Foods immune from changes or emerging
trends in the marketplace.
The annual competition showcases the creativity of U.S.
ice cream makers and flavorings suppliers and captures upcoming flavor
trends in the
ice cream and frozen dessert industry, IDFA noted.
Edible cookie dough has been a hot
trend in the foodie world, with shops
in big cities like New York serving it by the scoop like
ice cream.
Its high quality and distinctive flavour, with notes of fresh basil and Mediterranean herbs finished with citrus and pepper, enables it to hold its own
in a variety of cocktails — as the refreshing taste profile creates a unique drinking experience with a signature gin and tonic or all - Italian Negroni — as well as appealing to the growing
trend of enjoying super-premium spirits neat over
ice».
While the indulgence of
ice creams and other frozen treats is notable, the IDDBA does observe, «Well - being is an overarching
trend shaping product offerings
in the dairy case.
Seeing new food
trends, seeing old friends from my favorite brands, hearing from experts
in the program sessions, and tasting the
ice cream and frozen desserts!
The competition, held each year during IDFA's
Ice Cream Technology Conference, showcases the creativity of U.S. ice cream makers and flavorings suppliers and captures upcoming flavor trends in the ice cream and frozen dessert indust
Ice Cream Technology Conference, showcases the creativity of U.S.
ice cream makers and flavorings suppliers and captures upcoming flavor trends in the ice cream and frozen dessert indust
ice cream makers and flavorings suppliers and captures upcoming flavor
trends in the
ice cream and frozen dessert indust
ice cream and frozen dessert industry.
«The ongoing
trend of premiumisation
in the desserts &
ice cream market has opened the door for the application of salted caramel for flavouring.
The
trend can be traced back to Cauldron
Ice Cream
in Santa Ana, California.
We mentioned nitro as a
trend to watch
in 2015 but let's do a refresher: Nitro coffee is slightly effervescent,
ice - cold coffee on tap.
«West Greenland
Ice Sheet melting at the fastest rate in centuries: Weather patterns and summer warming trend combine to drive dramatic ice loss.&raq
Ice Sheet melting at the fastest rate
in centuries: Weather patterns and summer warming
trend combine to drive dramatic
ice loss.&raq
ice loss.»
With documented warmer air temperatures
in eastern Canada since the 1970s, there has been a
trend of earlier
ice melting and less
ice in general, explained Lavery.
A new University of Washington study, with funding and satellite data from NASA and other agencies, finds a
trend toward earlier sea
ice melt
in the spring and later
ice growth
in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears.
But the story
in East Antarctica is still murky, they report; although the volume of its
ice shelves has fluctuated significantly, they found no clear
trend of volume loss during that time period.
If current
trends continue, summer
ice could be gone
in a decade or two
A new NASA
ice - elevation monitoring satellite called ICESAT, scheduled for launch
in 2001, will help scientists watch for climate - change
trends near the poles over a longer time frame, he notes.
«We found that
in years when the sea
ice extent departed strongly from the
trend, such as
in 2012 and 2013, predictions failed regardless of the method used to forecast the September sea
ice extent,» said Julienne Stroeve, a senior scientist at NSIDC and professor at University of College London.
The results suggest that the impact of sea
ice seems critical for the Arctic surface temperature changes, but the temperature
trend elsewhere seems rather due mainly to changes
in ocean surface temperatures and atmospheric variability.
Scientists at the National Snow and
Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University College London, University of New Hampshire and University of Washington analyzed 300 summer Arctic sea ice forecasts from 2008 to 2013 and found that forecasts are quite accurate when sea ice conditions are close to the downward trend that has been observed in Arctic sea ice for the last 30 yea
Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University College London, University of New Hampshire and University of Washington analyzed 300 summer Arctic sea
ice forecasts from 2008 to 2013 and found that forecasts are quite accurate when sea ice conditions are close to the downward trend that has been observed in Arctic sea ice for the last 30 yea
ice forecasts from 2008 to 2013 and found that forecasts are quite accurate when sea
ice conditions are close to the downward trend that has been observed in Arctic sea ice for the last 30 yea
ice conditions are close to the downward
trend that has been observed
in Arctic sea
ice for the last 30 yea
ice for the last 30 years.
«It does show that what has happened
in the last 30 years — a warming
trend — puts us outside of all but the most extreme single years every 500 years since the
Ice Age.
Long - term predictions of summer Arctic extent made by global climate models (GCMs) suggest that the downward
trend will likely lead to an
ice - free Arctic summer
in the middle of the century.
«There's a lot of year - to - year variability
in both Arctic and Antarctic sea
ice, but overall, until last year, the
trends in the Antarctic for every single month were toward more sea
ice,» said Claire Parkinson, a senior sea
ice researcher at Goddard.
The
trends revealed by the data were clear: The average albedo
in the northern area of the Arctic Ocean, including open water and sea
ice, is declining
in all summer months (May - August).
Now the
trend may be going
in the other direction with new data about
ice sheets, although a lot more research is needed, he said.
«The Arctic is clearly experiencing the impacts of a prolonged and intensified warming
trend,» said the report's co-editor, Jackie Richter - Menge, a sea
ice expert at the Army Corps of Engineers» Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
in Hanover, N.H.
And she describes sobering
trends: The projection that Switzerland will lose more than half of its small glaciers
in the next 25 years; the substantial retreat of glaciers from the Antarctic, Patagonia, the Himalayas, Greenland and the Arctic; the disappearance of iconic glaciers
in Glacier National Park, Montana, or reduction to chunks of
ice that no longer move (by definition, a glacier must be massive enough to move).
Ice all over the world is melting, particularly
in the Arctic, a
trend that will continue unabated.
Rignot et al have updated results, including those from the GRACE gravity measurement satellite, to the end of 2010 and show that the downward
trend in ice mass is continuing (stronger
in Greenland than
in Antarctica).
If the
trend continues,
ice sheets could become the dominant contributor to sea level rise sooner than scientists had predicted, concludes the research, which will be published this month
in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Comiso and other climate scientists reject the suggestion that his data set may overestimate the recent
trend in Antarctic sea -
ice growth — by as much as two - thirds, according to Eisenman's analysis.
Gentlepeople, well done on nipping any controversy
in the bud — as usual; though I'm left wondering if the warming
trend isn't related to a subject that i'd like to see Real Climate Address more often; The possible shut - down of The North Atlantic Conveyor — as extreme warming of the Southern Oceans, along with the plunging of Europe into a new
Ice Age would be the result of this, as I'm sure you all know.
But this year, a big spring meltdown
in October and November suddenly reversed that
trend and has led to continued record low sea
ice levels as the summer melt season progressed.
If this
trend is not reversed, however, the planet may be caught
in an
ice - forming cycle similar to that of the Pleistocene.»
Despite this, and a slight cooling
in parts of Antarctica, most of the world's glaciers have been receding as part of an inter-decadal
trend,
ice loss -LSB-...]
Even so much that there is a cooling temperature
trend in winter, large enough to refreeze almost all
ice that was melted
in the other seasons.