Sentences with phrase «low sea ice area»

We could ask them to explain the change they made to the historical sea ice records in March 2007 (which contributed significantly to the record low sea ice area numbers in 2007).

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(By September, the Arctic area covered by sea ice was the third - lowest recorded since 1979 — the other record years were 2007 and 2008.)

Both of those effects actually add up to lower sea levels in the area right around the former ice sheet, Mitrovica said.

While climate models also simulate the observed linear relationship between sea ice area and CO2 emissions, they usually have a much lower sensitivity of the ice cover than has been observed.

AWI researchers observed a considerable decrease in the thickness of the sea ice as early as the late summer of 2015, even though the overall ice covered area of the September minimum ultimately exceeded the record low of 2012 by approximately one million square kilometres.

The area covered by sea ice hovered near its historic low this summer, and is expected to be largely gone by mid-century (ClimateWire, Dec. 17, 2010).

In the last three years, the sea ice's extent - the ocean area in which a defined minimum of sea ice can be found — was at its lowest in the 30 - year satellite record.

A cloud front can be seen in the lower left, and dark areas indicate regions of open water between sea ice formations.

The record - low winter maximum doesn't necessarily herald a record low end - of - summer minimum come September, as summer weather patterns have a large effect on sea ice area.

The Arctic has been one of the areas of the world that has seen sky - high temperatures this year, which have led to record - low sea ice levels.

Eric Post, a Penn State University professor of biology, and Jeffrey Kerby, a Penn State graduate student, have linked the melting of Arctic sea ice with changes in the timing of plant growth on land, which in turn is associated with lower production of calves by caribou in the area.

Some of the shallow - water seeps are likely to be in now - submerged areas that were methane - producing wetlands during the most recent ice age, when sea levels were more than 100 metres lower than they are today.

Those high temperatures have kept Arctic sea ice to record low levels; the Arctic looks to see a record low winter maximum sea ice area for the third year in a row.

The biggest area of anomalous warmth in February was the Arctic, which also had record - low sea ice levels during January and February.

The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by sea ice in September, when the annual minimum occurs, was the sixth lowest extent in the satellite record, going back to 1979.

In the Antarctic, where the summer season just wrapped up, rapid ice melt led to the lowest sea ice minimum ever recorded for the area.

The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic hit record lows through the winter of 2017.

Earlier this week, scientists confirmed the area of Arctic Ocean covered by sea ice — known as sea ice extent — reached a record low in November.

Historically, a new low sea ice extent (area) is set every five years, with small recoveries in - between.

The major areas of anomalous warmth were around the Arctic, which also saw record low sea ice extent during January and February.

Sea ice melt showed the greatest contribution to water masses in the Beaufort Sea and Canada Basin (fSIM up to 0.219) and comparatively low contributions in the Makarov Basin and Sever Spur areas (fSIM up to 0.061; Table 1, Figure 7).

These data link the Arctic Ocean's largest area of aragonite undersaturation to sea ice melt and atmospheric CO2 absorption in areas of low buffering capacity.

Arctic sea ice has been shrinking more rapidly, falling to its lowest volume and second lowest area on record during the 2011 summer melt season.

Historically, a new low sea ice extent (area) is set every five years, with small recoveries in - between.

The total area of sea ice in both hemispheres, by the ice center's accounting, was «near or slightly lower than» area observed at a similar time of year in 1979, not equal to it.

Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including glacial lakes outburst loods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over,

Even though the Arctic sea ice melted to a record low this summer, the ice happened to be exceptionally thick this spring in several areas where Shell held leases.

The rapid melting of Arctic ice would raise sea levels and render low - lying areas such as Miami and New Orleans more vulnerable to coastal flooding.

Now we are having a delayed freezing event in the Arctic that has Arctic Sea Ice area the lowest November on record:

Measurements for sea ice area from Cryosphere Today were 2,968,000 square kilometers or just 63,000 square kilometers above the all time record low.

Aqua measures the total area of sea covered by the ice, and by that measure the 2007 record low was broken for 10 days early last month.

A run of bad news from the climate scientists might convince a government that the breakup of the Greenland ice sheet was accelerating, and that Earth's low - lying areas were facing an imminent rise of 3 feet or more in sea level.

Sea Ice is crashing to a new record low area, and we are still some 3 weeks, or more, away from the bottom.

At times of low solar irradiance the amounts of sea ice in the Nordic Sea increase, this ice is then driven south due to the atmospheric circulation (also due to weak solar conditions) creating a more northerly air flow in this arsea ice in the Nordic Sea increase, this ice is then driven south due to the atmospheric circulation (also due to weak solar conditions) creating a more northerly air flow in this arSea increase, this ice is then driven south due to the atmospheric circulation (also due to weak solar conditions) creating a more northerly air flow in this area.

The vulnerable nations declared that they are, «Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over...»

In 2017, maximum winter sea ice area, measured each March, was the lowest ever observed.

Survival of Barents Sea polar bears during low - ice years does not require emigration to another sea ice ecoregion or even another subpopulation arSea polar bears during low - ice years does not require emigration to another sea ice ecoregion or even another subpopulation arsea ice ecoregion or even another subpopulation area.

The Arctic ice area really should be examined in terms of smaller regional areas so that a more refined assessment can be done as to the cause of low sea ice production.

2012's sea ice area and extent were already trending low this year, but damage done to the thin and low concentration of ice by this storm almost ensures that 2012 will eclipse 2007 in all categories as the lowest sea ice on record by the time the September low is set.

Reasoning for a decrease in sea ice extent from recent years, perhaps approaching new record - low minimum, focuses on the below - normal sea ice thickness overall, the thinning of sea ice in coastal seas, rotting of old multi-year sea ice, warm temperatures in April and May 2010, and the rapid loss of sea ice area seen during May.

We'll see very soon, if Wyatt is correct then no global temperature record nor a record low sea ice extent, area or volume within the next year.

Not only does this low - pressure area, or cyclone, look bigger, more intense and longer - lasting than the one from last year, the ice also seems to be in a weaker state than ever, as evidenced by the fact that 2012 trend lines on both sea ice area and sea ice extent graphs track lower than previous record years, despite weather that until recently would completely stall the decline.

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Arctic sea ice in March reached a new record low: the area of frozen ocean at the height of winter on 7 March reached a new maximum low for the third year running, according to NASA scientists.

A well - known example of this is the melting of land - based ice, which is contributing to sea - level rise (and adding to the effects of thermal expansion of the oceans), with implications for low - lying areas far beyond the polar and mountain regions where the melting is taking place.

Werner's observation follows the announcement in September by the National Snow and Ice Data Center that the surface area of Arctic sea ice had reached a new low in 2012, breaking a previous record reached in 20Ice Data Center that the surface area of Arctic sea ice had reached a new low in 2012, breaking a previous record reached in 20ice had reached a new low in 2012, breaking a previous record reached in 2007.

At the end of the melt season, there was a considerable area of low - concentration (and likely relatively thin) sea ice near the ice edge, particularly in the northern Beaufort / Chukchi Seas.

Very early in the season this whole area already exhibited a significantly lower sea ice concentration that accentuated throughout the summer season.

Should be some interesting climate - related stories coming along soon; sea - ice minimum is coming soon, and will be at least the 3rd - lowest ever by extent, probably 2nd - lowest by area.

The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by some sea ice was at a record low for the month of October, according to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDice was at a record low for the month of October, according to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDIce Data Center (NSIDC).