Sentences with phrase «in circumpolar»

Seven of the models (also Gregory, 1993; Bryan, 1996) show a minimum of sea level rise in the circumpolar Southern Ocean south of 60 ° S.

Thus, the static stability of the near - surface water increases and the convective mixing of cold surface water with the relatively warm subsurface water is reduced, thereby contributing to the reduction of sea surface temperature in the Circumpolar Ocean.

A significant number of palaeolimnological records from lakes in the circumpolar Arctic have shown synchronous changes in biological community composition and sedimentological parameters associated with climate - driven regime shifts in increasing mean annual and summer temperatures and corresponding changes in thermal stratification / stability and ice - cover duration (e.g., Korhola et al., 2002; Ruhland et al., 2003; Pienitz et al., 2004; Smol et al., 2005; Prowse et al., 2006b).

In this paper the output from several different runs of a global ocean GCM is used to show that the inflow of upper kilometer water in the South Atlantic and the outflow of deep water varies in direct proportion to the westerly wind stress in the circumpolar region of the southern hemisphere.

The current theory about the Peninsula warming is an increase in the circumpolar westerlies.

Six of the «Pensinula» stations, BTW, are not on the Peninsula at all, but are on K George Island in the S. Shetlands, 100 km offshore out in the circumpolar ocean currents.

due to an increase of mixing of deeper waters in Circumpolar Ocean.

The cause is reportedly moderately warm temperatures along with a rapid shift in circumpolar winds.

But considering that they have the potential to develop in permafrost and glaciated - influenced landscapes covering 9.6 millions of km2 in circumpolar regions [23], these small systems certainly deserve more attention.

It will without doubt have come to your Lordship's knowledge that a considerable change of climate inexplicable at present to us must have taken place in the Circumpolar Regions, by which the severity of the cold that has for centuries past inclosed (sic) the seas in the high northern latitudes in an impenetrable barrier of ice has been during the last two years greatly abated.

These Waves occur in the Circumpolar vortex, more commonly known as the Jet Stream, and determine the weather pattern in the middle latitudes between 30 and 65 ° of latitude.

As part of past status reports, the PBSG has traditionally estimated a range for the total number of polar bears in the circumpolar Arctic.

The future evolution of ENSO will be determined by the strength of the South Pacific gyre — that in turn is driven by surface pressure at the South Pole and resultant changes in circumpolar westerly winds.

He most recently led a comprehensive study of governance issues in the circumpolar Arctic.

The Royal Society ``... a considerable change of climate, inexplicable at present to us, must have taken place in the Circumpolar Regions, by which the severity of the cold that has for centuries past enclosed the seas in the high northern latitudes in an impenetrable barrier of ice has been during the last two years, greatly abated....

Extra Cold water in the Circumpolar current, low Solar activity [10.7 cm Flux - > 100 — 110], and Sun still in Northern Hemisphere these combine to accelerate the Cold / Cooling increasing the Sea Ice Extent.

As discussed in the following section, the absence of significant warming in the Circumpolar Ocean of the Southern hemisphere is attributable mainly to the large thermal inertia of the ocean, which results from very effective mixing between the surface layer and the deeper layers of ocean in this region.

«However, the detailed analysis of the numerical experiment reveals that the absence of substantial surface warming in the Circumpolar Ocean is attributable not only to the large fraction of the area covered by the oceans but also to the deep penetration of positive temperature anomaly into the oceans.»

They're coming to nation's leading Arctic - research university to share the latest information on rapid changes under way in the circumpolar north.

It becomes small in the Circumpolar Ocean of the Southern Hemisphere, particularly in the immediate vicinity of Antarctic Continent.»

«They found that the increase in surface temperature is very small in the Circumpolar Ocean of the Southern Hemisphere in contrast to high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere where the increase is relatively large.»

And for a little historical perspective: «It will without doubt have come to your Lordship's knowledge that a considerable change of climate, inexplicable at present to us, must have taken place in the Circumpolar Regions, by which the severity of the cold that has for centuries past enclosed the seas in the high northern latitudes in an impenetrable barrier of ice has been during the last two years, greatly abated.

Such a broad spectrum of diverse habitats occurring within a single protected unit is unparalleled in the circumpolar north.

Complementary information to the Arctic warming analysis would be using DWT's of the few left Upper Air stations in the Circumpolar zone and crunch up temperature trends of the entire atmosphere, when variances from year to year are very small, but are mostly for the warmer.

Around the Antarctic Peninsula, changes in ocean currents, and in particular, changes in circumpolar deep water flowing onto the continental shelf, is melting ice shelves from below.

Complementary information to the Arctic warming analysis would be using DWT's of the few left Upper Air stations in the Circumpolar zone and crunch up temperature trends of the entire atmosphere, when variances from year to year are very small, but are mostly for the warmer.

Not exact matches

Science diplomacy will play a large role in how indigenous people, the eight circumpolar countries, and other interested nations negotiate complicated economic, security, and environmental interests while attempting to maintain strong scientific ties, particularly with the new U.S. administration.

Despite having one of the most powerful currents in the world in the form of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, eddies dominate the circulation of the Southern Ocean.

«The government is walking away from its key environmental and health research program in northern Canada,» asserts Terry Fenge, research director for the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, which promotes indigenous interests.

Aqqaluk Lynge, a Greenlander and ex-head of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, said vital dogsleds were useless in some areas because of the thaw.

In the north, eight circumpolar cyclones surround a single polar cyclone.

In the south, one polar cyclone is encircled by five circumpolar cyclones.

The paper titled «First Circumpolar Assessment of Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whale Mitochondrial Genetic Variation at Multiple Scales and Implications for Management» now appears in the online version of Endangered Species Research.

The equatorial heat warmed the precincts of Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere instead, shrinking the fringing sea ice and changing the circumpolar winds.

A 2013 circumpolar expedition discovered hundreds of tons of plastic debris, from fishing lines to plastic films, ecologist Andrés Cózar of the University of Cádiz in Spain and colleagues report April 19 in Science Advances.

Berger and colleagues continued this work on a circumpolar scale, working in Greenland and Siberia, where predators had long been present, and finding similar results with moose and caribou (Rangifer tarandus).

The researchers took measurements of small - scale temperature and velocity fluctuations, to measure the diapycnal movements in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) across the Drake Passage region of the Southern Ocean.

The precarious state of those mammals is underscored in a multinational study led by a University of Washington scientist, published this week in Conservation Biology, assessing the status of all circumpolar species and subpopulations of Arctic marine mammals, including seals, whales and polar bears.

Temperatures typically have the steepest gradients in mid-latitudes and a strong circumpolar jet stream arises.

Aqqaluk Lynge, a board member and former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council of Greenland in Nuuk, helped secure modest reparations from Denmark for the displaced residents of Uummannaq, and he says waste leaching from Camp Century would certainly be a problem.

«We have documented loss of sea ice and reductions of habitat for Arctic marine mammals across most of the circumpolar Arctic, so this area is not unique,» said co-author Kristin Laidre, a UW associate professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and the Polar Science Center.

But about 15 million years ago, a shift in the southernmost tectonic plates gave birth to today's frigid Antarctic circumpolar current.

Similar trends are reported in Scotland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, and across the circumpolar north — the principal nursery for Northern Hemisphere marine birds.

The Aleut International Association, the Arctic Athabaskan Council, the Gwich «in International Council, the Inuit Circumpolar Council, the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North and the Saami Council.

This binary star system was listed by Stephen Groombridge (1755 - 1834), whose «A Catalog of Circumpolar Stars» was published posthumously in 1838, but its large proper motion was not discovered and measured until 1860.

Circumpolar distribution of Holocene marine fossils in Antarctic beaches.

This star was listed by Stephen Groombridge (1755 - 1834), whose «A Catalog of Circumpolar Stars, Reduced to January 1, 1810» [see page 54] was published posthumously in 1838.

Currently, Pallas comprises one of the most important research infrastructures in Finland and in the wider circumpolar region, contributing to numerous European and global research programmes, such as GAW, ICOS, ACTRIS and EMEP.

However, data from Autosubs that did return indicates that more warm Circumpolar Deep Water has been in Pine Island Bay in recent summers22.

In this case, incursions of circumpolar deep water onto the continental shelf are melting the ice stream at its base and encouraging grounding line recession, which results in a positive feedback loop and further grounding line recessioIn this case, incursions of circumpolar deep water onto the continental shelf are melting the ice stream at its base and encouraging grounding line recession, which results in a positive feedback loop and further grounding line recessioin a positive feedback loop and further grounding line recession.