Sentences with phrase «less ice cover»

With less ice cover, more light will hit ocean surface waters.

Whales may actually benefit from less ice cover, at least initially, as the open water could expand their feeding habitats and increase food supplies.

Aside from changes in how belugas dove for food, the nearly two decades of data show that the whales were able to thrive in their summer and fall ocean habitats, despite less ice cover.

Radiocarbon dates for the mosses suggest the region has less ice cover now than it did 45,000 years ago.

Less ice cover leads to more solar heating throughout the Arctic Ocean, and ocean photosynthesis increases as more light penetrates into the water, ultimately resulting in «changes at the base of the ocean food chain,» according to the video.

Warmer temperatures mean less ice cover over waterways, and water evaporates more than ice will into the air.

Other algae - grazing creatures may become more abundant as the food web adjusts to what's available with less ice cover.

• Lake Erie's water temperatures are higher and there's less ice cover.

In addition, less ice cover can lead to more evaporation and lower water levels while warmer water contributes to more algal blooms and impaired water quality, she says.

Less ice cover will also affect the socio - economic and ecosystems in the north polar region.

in September, a first - of - its - kind analysis by an international team of 18 top scientists found «less ice covers the Arctic today than at any time in recent geologic history» and this ice loss is «unexplainable by any of the known natural variabilities.»