Several factors influenced this year's
low sea ice growth.
Not exact matches
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.
The researchers then used a computer model of Earth that simulated
growth in the Antarctic
ice sheet to see what geophysical impacts this would have aside from generally
lowering the
sea level.
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.
A positive feedback loop was established, with cooling leading to
ice sheet
growth and
sea level
lowering, which encouraged further
ice sheet
growth and cooling [26, 27].
Capping off a season of sustained, mind - boggling warm weather and stunted
sea ice growth, the annual Arctic
sea ice maximum hit its
lowest level ever recorded.
As a result, ships were locked out of the Bering
Sea this past year by record
ice growth, and Alaskans are now shivering in temperatures as
low as minus 50 degrees F (minus 46 degrees C).
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.&raq
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.&raq
Ice Data Center.»
The cryosphere derives its importance to the climate system from a variety of effects, including its high reflectivity (albedo) for solar radiation, its
low thermal conductivity, its large thermal inertia, its potential for affecting ocean circulation (through exchange of freshwater and heat) and atmospheric circulation (through topographic changes), its large potential for affecting
sea level (through
growth and melt of land
ice), and its potential for affecting greenhouse gases (through changes in permafrost)(Chapter 4).
That balmy weather stymied
sea ice growth and caused
sea ice extent to hit a record
low winter peak for the second year in a row.
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Scientists: Warming causes Antarctic
ice sheet
growth, and
lower sea levels By Kenneth Richard While many scientists are projecting rapid
sea level rise as a result of a warmer Antarctica and consequent
ice sheet melting, other scientists are projecting that the surface of the Antarctic
ice sheet will gain in mass because a warmer Antarctica means snow and
ice accumulation will outpace the -LSB-...]
The European Space Agency's (ESA) CryoSat satellite found that the
growth of Arctic
sea ice is
lower than expected — the
lowest volume of any November.
«That particular cyclone, which lasted several days and raised temperatures in the region close to the melting point, hindered
sea ice growth while its associated strong winds pushed the
sea ice edge back, leading to a record
low spring
sea ice pack in 2016,» Petty and Boisvert explained.