Sentences with phrase «measuring ice at the poles»

As one of the world's leading polar scientists with more than 47 years» experience of visiting and measuring ice at the poles, he provided a lucid and sobering explanation of the impact of global warming on the poles, and the way in which the disappearance of polar ice is itself hastening global warming, and contributing to extreme weather events such as the March blizzards preventing some people attending the conference.

Not exact matches

Last week, Thompson's colleagues measured the ice levels at survey poles that they had inserted last year; more than a meter of ice had melted in 12 months, out of a total thickness of 20 to 50 meters.

For starters, the orbiter beamed back incredibly detailed stereo photos of the surface, measured the ozone distribution in the planet's atmosphere, and confirmed the presence of water ice at the south pole.

These twins in space can measure changes of gravity in land, sub-surface waters, and ice at the poles.

But NSIDC, where the data in the graph reportedly originated, said it makes little sense to combine sea ice measures from both poles, which have vastly different geographies and are always in opposite seasons at any given time.

Secondly, midwinter ice at either of the poles is not a measure of great value because even with significant warming, it is still way below freezing when the sun is gone for months, and the entire area at or near the pole is going to freeze.