Sentences with phrase «low sea ice extent in»

I expect continued recovery in the Atlantic portion of the Arctic, with continued low sea ice extent in the Siberian Arctic.

The point here isn't that anybody can prove that there has never been this extent of Greenland melting at some prior time in the Holocene, but that all of these indicators taken together (Arctic temperatures, low sea ice extent in summer * and * winter, permafrost melting, decreased snow cover, Greenland melting) indicate that the Arctic as a whole really is warming in an exceptional way.

Arctic sea ice through Feb. 3, 2016 shows the record low sea ice extent in January.

In addition, the report notes that three of the warmest years on record — 2014, 2015 and 2016 — occurred since the last report was released; those years also had record - low sea ice extent in the Arctic Ocean in the summer.

This year's minimum follows a record - breaking summer of low sea ice extents in the Arctic.

Measured daily air temperatures by the DMI at 80 north latitude through EVERY summer since 1958 have remained steady between 1958 and 2000, and, in fact, have declined between 2000 and 2012 — which included record low sea ice extents in 2007 and 2012.

As Mongabay staff writer John Cannon reported, higher - than - normal water and air temperatures coupled with shifts in wind patterns led to record - low sea ice extents in both the Arctic and the Antarctic in November of 2016.

Not exact matches

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 recorIn 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 recorin which a defined minimum of sea ice can be found — was at its lowest in the 30 - year satellite recorin the 30 - year satellite record.

In Antarctica, this year's record low annual sea ice minimum of 815,000 square miles (2.11 million square kilometers) was 71,000 square miles (184,000 square kilometers) below the previous lowest minimum extent in the satellite record, which occurred in 199In Antarctica, this year's record low annual sea ice minimum of 815,000 square miles (2.11 million square kilometers) was 71,000 square miles (184,000 square kilometers) below the previous lowest minimum extent in the satellite record, which occurred in 199in the satellite record, which occurred in 199in 1997.

The record lowest extent in the 37 - year satellite record occurred on September 17, 2012 when sea ice extent fell to 3.39 million square kilometers (1.31 million square miles).

And on the opposite side of the planet, on March 3 sea ice around Antarctica hit its lowest extent ever recorded by satellites at the end of summer in the Southern Hemisphere, a surprising turn of events after decades of moderate sea ice expansion.

«This year is the fourth lowest, and yet we haven't seen any major weather event or persistent weather pattern in the Arctic this summer that helped push the extent lower as often happens,» said Walt Meier, a sea ice scientist with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

This year's record low happened just two years after several monthly record high sea ice extents in Antarctica and decades of moderate sea ice growth.

Arctic sea ice hit a record low wintertime maximum extent in 2017.

Arctic sea ice, in retreat for years, shrank to its lowest extent in recorded history this past summer.

Arctic Sea Ice In September, Arctic sea ice reached its second - lowest extent ever recorded; 2012 holds first plaSea Ice In September, Arctic sea ice reached its second - lowest extent ever recorded; 2012 holds first plaIce In September, Arctic sea ice reached its second - lowest extent ever recorded; 2012 holds first plasea ice reached its second - lowest extent ever recorded; 2012 holds first plaice reached its second - lowest extent ever recorded; 2012 holds first place.

This year, sea ice extent in the Arctic was the sixth lowest on record, at 5 million square kilometers on 17 September.

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.

Since Oct. 20, the daily sea ice extent there has been the second lowest in the satellite era.

The Arctic's sea ice extent reached an all - time low in September 2012, with the smallest recorded extent since satellite observations began.

According to the latest Piomas data, a combination of the smallest sea ice extent and the second - thinnest ice cover on record puts total volume of sea ice in November 2016 at a record low for this time of year.

Arctic sea ice, bordering Alaska's northern periphery, reached its lowest extent on record in May.

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.

Current ice extent is well below levels at the same point in 2012, which went on to set the current record for the lowest sea ice minimum extent:

Then in 2002, June sea ice extent was the lowest ever recorded.

The draft report said, «There is low confidence in the scientific understanding of the small observed increase in Antarctic sea ice extent.»

The high anomalies up in the Arctic continue for a third month in GISTEMP and the question of the maximum Arctic Sea Ice Extent is surely now only by how much this freeze season will be below the record low set in 2017.

Low maximum sea ice extent also occurred over periods of some decades (e.g., mid-seventeenth and mid-eighteenth centuries, early fifteenth and late thirteenth centuries), with absolute values in some cases as low as the twentieth century ones, but these periods were in no case as persistent as in the twentieth century. Low maximum sea ice extent also occurred over periods of some decades (e.g., mid-seventeenth and mid-eighteenth centuries, early fifteenth and late thirteenth centuries), with absolute values in some cases as low as the twentieth century ones, but these periods were in no case as persistent as in the twentieth century. low as the twentieth century ones, but these periods were in no case as persistent as in the twentieth century. . .

The presently low maximum sea ice extent in the Western Nordic Seas is unique over the last 800 years, and results from a sea ice decline started in late - nineteenth century after the Little Ice Age.&raqice extent in the Western Nordic Seas is unique over the last 800 years, and results from a sea ice decline started in late - nineteenth century after the Little Ice Age.&raqice decline started in late - nineteenth century after the Little Ice Age.&raqIce Age.»

Although there is still definitely a declining trend in Arctic sea ice (2009 and 2008 were still the second and third lowest sea ice extents, after 2007) there was a lot of hype surrounding the 2007 minimum even though that was partly just natural variability in the Arctic climate.

Summertime sea ice extent in the Arctic has been remarkably low since 2007 and the ensuing years have been marked by some notable cold air outbreaks.

eg Graham explained that these warming events are related to the decline of winter sea ice in the Arctic, noting that January's ice extent was the lowest on record.

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

«The very low summer extent of Arctic sea ice that has been observed in recent years is often casually interpreted as an early - warning sign of anthropogenic global warming.

your evidence for Arctic ice concentration similar in extent or lower than current is 1) your personal experience 2) a 1952 ecyclopedia entry describing changing sea ice cover for one region of the Arctic.

My bet is that this year's Arctic Sea ice extent ice will not fall below last year's minimum (4.28 or 2.77), because last year's minimum was very low in comparison to all other years of record (1979 - current).

-- The Minimum Sea Ice Extent in the arctic was lower in 1990 than in 2006 — ie the arctic ice summer (September) minimum has been more - or-less stable for 16 yeaIce Extent in the arctic was lower in 1990 than in 2006 — ie the arctic ice summer (September) minimum has been more - or-less stable for 16 yeaice summer (September) minimum has been more - or-less stable for 16 years.

When the extent of the pack of sea ice drifting around the North Pole hit a remarkable low in 2007 (animation below), the resulting, and persistent, front - page thought was that the system was in a «death spiral» far more dramatic than any climate model had foreseen.

In the past (pre-1990s) this low would have just spread the ice pack out and increased sea ice extent, but with how thin the ice is, this just allows heat to melt the scattered ice from all sides and have a bigger impact on sea ice extent.

ScienceDaily (Oct. 3, 2008)-- Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second - lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center.&raqice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second - lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center.&raqIce Data Center.»

... June sea ice extents in 2008 and 2007 are essentially identical, and near the lowest values for June ever recorded by satellite for the Arctic....»

This is 0.7 percent higher than the previous record high extent of 7.51 million square miles that occurred in 2012 and 8.6 percent higher than the record low maximum sea ice extent of 6.96 million square miles that occurred in 1986.

Summer sea ice didn't reach its lowest extent on record in 2017, but that's not the only measurement that matters, experts warn.

In March 2017, the annual maximum extent of Arctic sea ice hit a record low for the third straight year, according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centice hit a record low for the third straight year, according to the US National Snow and Ice Data CentIce Data Centre.

That this year's record low is happening three weeks earlier than previous lows means that the 2012 ice extent and volume will continue to decrease even more until sea ice begins to regrow again in early fall.

In 2012, scientists from the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center confirmed that Arctic sea ice extent has reached a record lIce Data Center confirmed that Arctic sea ice extent has reached a record lice extent has reached a record low.

Currently (as of July 19), the extent is within 600,000 km2 of that in 2012 and the ice cover has become diffuse (low ice concentrations) within the Beaufort Sea (Figure 10).

Already the sea ice extent is tracking below this time in 2007, which remains the record year for the lowest sea ice extent.

Our model predicts that September 2015 Arctic sea ice extent will be 2.11 million km2 below the 1982 to 2011 observed average extent, but will not reach values as low as those observed in 2007 or 2012.