Sentences with phrase «lengthening melt seasons»
NSIDC Senior Scientist Ted Scambos said, «What we've seen this year fits the profile of lengthening melt seasons, which is no surprise.
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«Additionally, the growing season will lengthen, so the contribution of algae to melting of the ice will probably increase over time.»
Higher spring and summer temperatures, along with an earlier spring melt, are also the primary factors driving the increasing frequency of large wildfires and lengthening the fire season in the western U.S. over recent decades.13 The record - breaking fires this year in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region are consistent with these trends.
As the climate warms and melt seasons lengthen, biological habitats will expand, and their contribution to darkening will likely increase [Benning et al., 2014].
(02/03/2010) Newly released images from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center show that the Arctic's melt season has lengthened significantly over the past few decades.
Arctic spring, summer, and autumn have each warmed, lengthening the seasons when sea ice melts by 10 to 17 days per decade.