Sentences with phrase «lowest sea ice»

The situation for the state of the Arctic sea ice this year is already critical, since April 2015 set the 2nd lowest sea ice extent record (NSIDC).

It shows that April saw its second - lowest sea ice extent on record, driven by a massive meltdown in the Bering Sea (reminder: ice started melting there during Arctic winter)....

Indeed the last five years include the five lowest sea ice extents since records began in 1979, and much of that trend has been caused by global warming, says NASA Cryosphere Program manager Tom Wagner in his video interpretation of the 2011 sea ice record (43 MB MPEG - 4).

«The last 10 years have all seen the lowest sea ice extent on record.

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).

Tied for fourth lowest sea ice extent, in a three - way tie for lowest sea ice volume, the fastest one month sea ice loss for the date, and unusual Arctic cyclone activity affecting the decayed ice of the polar regions, focus just on the lake too trivializes what's happening in a region the size of the Arctic Ocean.

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.

The Arctic wasn't just relatively hot last year — beating the previous record set in 2010 by 0.17 degrees Celsius (0.3 degrees Fahrenheit)-- it also experienced the lowest sea ice volume yet recorded, and the second - lowest extent.

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

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.

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:

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.

«This highly unusual state of the atmosphere has been linked to record low sea ice cover during summer over the Arctic Ocean.

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.

May and June this year also saw record low sea ice levels, though the decline eased off in July.

But as long as greenhouse gases continue to build up in the atmosphere unabated, the scales are heavily weighted toward more record heat, ever lower sea ice levels and ever higher seas.

The study compared weather patterns during low sea ice conditions as seen in recent years to weather patterns during high sea ice conditions typical of the late 1970s.

The research is timely given the extreme winter of 2017 - 2018, including record warm Arctic and low sea ice, record - breaking polar vortex disruption, record - breaking cold and disruptive snowfalls in the United States and Europe, severe «bomb cyclones» and costly nor'easter s, said Judah Cohen, director of seasonal forecasting at AER and lead author of the study.

This year's record low sea ice maximum extent might not necessarily lead to a new record low summertime minimum extent, since weather has a great impact on the melt season's outcome, Meier said.

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.

The region has set records for low sea ice levels and high temperatures in recent years.

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

But this year, a big spring meltdown in October and November suddenly reversed that trend and has led to continued record low sea ice levels as the summer melt season progressed.

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

The broader Arctic has also been exceptionally warm this year, fueling repeated months of record - low sea ice, including in November.

At 3.42 million square kilometres, it may still sound large, but this small extent of Arctic sea ice could have profound long - term consequences, and it follows a long trend of low sea ice conditions.

February saw record low sea ice extent, with ice running 448,000 square miles below average.

The next lower sea ice will occur sometime thereafter.

This new group of scientists find some weather disturbances were not from the El Nino, La Nina cycle, but apparently regulated by conditions in the Arctic — things like low sea ice, low or shorter season snow cover, and even «sudden stratospheric warming».

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

The low sea ice situation has now continued into February.

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

With that type of mild weather, it's not surprising that January also had a record low sea ice extent for the month.

February saw record low sea ice extent, with ice running a significant 448,000 square miles below average.

This is what record low sea ice in the Arctic means on the ground, to real people living there TODAY....

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

Sea ice extent for September for 2007 was by far the lowest on record at 4.28 million square kilometers, eclipsing the previous record low sea ice extent by 23 %.»

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.

If you just consider the Arctic alone, then maybe you could argue on some anomalous years of low sea ice.

Nevertheless, the record - low sea ice concentration is consistent with a shrinking ice - cap due to a warming.

The researchers found a «pronounced change» towards very low sea ice concentration in the two seas since 2004.

Argus, you commented that the antarctic has only had low sea ice last year in 2017, and this doesn't constitute a trend.

Evaluating ocean and atmospheric observations with advanced modeling tools, scientists from NOAA and CIRES found that about 60 percent of 2016's record warmth was caused by record - low sea ice observed that year, and the ensuing transfer of ocean heat to the atmosphere across wide expanses of ice - free or barely frozen Arctic Ocean.

This weather pattern was the dominant one that led to such low sea ice values in 2007.

We need this low sea ice extent period to build the ice for the next phase of the cycle.

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

The Arctic had record low sea ice.»

Updating this analysis using observational data through 2011 (not even including the 2012 record low sea ice extent), the 32 - year trend (1979 - 2011) is -530 thousand square km per decade, and the 20 - year trend is -700 thousand square km per decade.

In both 2002 and 2003, the Northern Hemisphere registered record - low sea ice cover.

Stroeve et al. (2011) noted that in 2009 - 2010, the AO was in a state which should have resulted in a large sea ice extent; the fact that 2010 was a year of relatively low sea ice extent is indicative long - term human - caused sea ice decline.