Sentences with phrase «lowest ice extent»

We still have a week or two to go to the historic annual low ice extent.

As you can also see from the graph, the past eight years have all seen lower ice extent than in the era previous.

At the end of the day, whether this year goes down as the lowest or the second lowest ice extent isn't particularly important.

Although ice extent at the end of June 2010 was slightly lower than that observed in 2007 (Figure 2), the persistence of the Arctic Dipole Anomaly (DA) throughout the summer of 2007 resulted in an acceleration of ice loss in July that led to the record low ice extent in September 2007.

However, throughout the summer of 2007, the persistence of the Arctic Dipole Anomaly (AD) sea level pressure pattern, with high pressure on the North American side and low pressure on the Siberian side, contributed substantially to the record low ice extent in September 2007.

Anyway... Given «normal» weather conditions, I predict a slight recovery from last year's record low, but still a very low ice extent in September.

«It is clear from how low the ice extent has been recently, the significant long - term trend, and the way the ice - cover is responding to atmospheric conditions and ocean circulation, that we've entered an entirely new regime of the Arctic sea ice».

In November, even CNN reported on the record - low ice extent at both poles.

This globally combined low ice extent is a result of largely separate processes in the two hemispheres.

The most prominent feature is the extremely low ice extent observed since the mid-1990s (T1 in Fig. 3), which is well below the range of natural variability inferred by the reconstruction.

And low ice extents off Canada's East Coast meant a second consecutive year of hardship for the Harp Seal population — the seal pups are born and raised on the sea ice.

It must also be noted that the Outlook does not project conditions in the Canadian Archipelago; it has not been determined how much lower the ice extent is because of this.

The end of 2016 has brought balmy Arctic temperatures and record low ice extent for the time of year.

The field of G2 for 2008 would predict a very low ice extent in September but the prediction is not as low as the prediction for 2007 and is much above the observed extent for 2007.

The graph of daily sea ice extent for the Northern Hemisphere shows ice extent in the current year, the 1981 to 2010 average, and the year with record low ice extent, (currently 2012).

Jack, given that we are dealing with a system that has a lot of variability in it, exactly how is one to draw any comfort that the record low ice extent and second lowest extent occur in back - to - back years?

Including this year, the six lowest ice extents in the satellite record have occurred in the last six years (2007 to 2012).

During the first week of October, NSIDC will issue a full analysis of the possible causes behind this year's ice conditions, including a discussion of how the summer's low ice extent may affect the winter ice growth season ahead, and graphics comparing this year to the long - term record.

NSDIC said that these unusually warm temperatures «no doubt» played a role in the record low ice extent.

Following the record warm Arctic winter, the lowest sea ice extent at the seasonal maximum in the satellite era, and the lowest ice extent in the months of May and June; the current sea ice cover remains below normal (see Figures 6a and 6b).

«2013 will still have lower ice extent than any year prior to 2007 — to at least 1950.»

In a post last week, «Warm winds slow autumn ice growth,» NSIDC noted «October 2009 had the second - lowest ice extent for the month over the 1979 to 2009 period.»

The 2012 Arctic sea ice minimum, on September 16, 2012, reached the lowest ice extent in the satellite record.