Sentences with phrase «of polar climate»

• A subarctic climate is found north of the humid continental climate and south of the polar climate; it is characterized by bitterly cold winters and short, cool summers.

19 21.2 World Climates Humid Mid-Latitude Climates Humid Mid-Latitude With Severe Winters • A subarctic climate is found north of the humid continental climate and south of the polar climate; it is characterized by bitterly cold winters and short, cool summers.

They found that open oceans are much less efficient than sea ice when it comes to emitting in the far - infrared region of the spectrum, a previously unknown phenomenon that is likely contributing to the warming of the polar climate.

This scarcity has hampered our ability to understand, model, and predict the influence of polar climate change on the overall Earth system.

One case in point was George Will's coverage of polar climate issues.

Two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones from a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates.

Not exact matches

Camille Seaman (above) captures the beauty of polar environments, and the sobering reality of climate change, in her photographs.

Dismayed by the disconnect between reality and the cartoonish animals populating his young daughter's pajamas, books and view of the natural world, journalist Mooallem sets off to explore often circuitous human - animal relationships: The once - feared polar bear has become the cherished mascot of climate change, and whales, once hunted without restraint, now attract near - fanatical rescue efforts.

New robots undergoing field tests could expand scientists» access to polar regions and improve understanding of climate change

Particularly at Annapolis and West Point, students can choose from an array of scientific disciplines such as molecular biology, environmental chemistry, ecology, polar oceanography, climate change, remote sensing, and astronomy.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Starving polar bears, icon of the climate change movement, may be able to adapt to an ice - free summer season in the Arctic after all.

When most people think about wildlife in a changing climate, they think of polar bears clinging to melting ice, but even species who have adapted to tropical weather are being impacted by the changes to their environment.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which maintains the international «Red List» of threatened species, considers the polar bear «vulnerable» due to climate change - induced retreating sea ice.

The northern polar region's climate has materially changed over the past five years, a team of 121 scientists from 14 nations concludes in a December 1 Arctic report card.

The Earth's polar regions are in peril as a result of climate change, speakers cautioned at a 16 June briefing on Capitol Hill, and solving the problem requires greater support for geoscience research.

The sequencing of the oldest mammalian genome from an ancient polar bear jawbone provides clues about these animals» fraught relationship with climate change

«So far, I believe the benefits (of Arctic warming) outweigh the potential problems,» said Oleg Anisimov, a Russian scientist who co-authored a chapter about the impacts of climate change in polar regions for a U.N. report on global warming this year.

An international «Red List» of threatened species says that the polar bear is vulnerable to extinction because of a projected decline in its habitat linked to climate change that is melting sea ice in the Arctic.

Leading Antarctic marine biologist James McClintock gives us an unprecedented first - person account of the dramatic impacts of climate change on the polar environment and its wildlife

If the melting of the polar ice caps injects great amounts of freshwater into the world's oceans, climate scientists fear that the influx could affect currents enough to drastically change the weather on land

But along with the notorious polar vortex, the year also brought new evidence that human activities are altering the climate in ever more obvious ways — and that the risks of severe impacts rise with every ton of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere.

Dr. Vavrus suggests that, as of yet, the effect of climate change on Arctic cyclone activity has been minimal, but that future changes in polar climate will drive stronger shifts.

But within these long periods there have been abrupt climate changes, sometimes happening in the space of just a few decades, with variations of up to 10ºC in the average temperature in the polar regions caused by changes in the Atlantic ocean circulation.

In May 2008, the Bush Administration, after multiple lawsuits, put the polar bear on the endangered species list and acknowledged that the survival of the species is jeopardized by climate change.

«We must do all we can to help the polar bear recover, recognizing that the greatest threat to the polar bear is the melting of Arctic sea ice caused by climate change,» Salazar said.

«There are ways that this approach could increase global ozone but at the same time, because of the climate dynamics in the polar regions, increase the ozone hole.»

IMAGES of polar bears drifting on isolated chunks of ice made the species a poster child for the perils of climate change.

Above all, the new insights into the juvenile fish under the ice are important because it's still impossible to say how polar cod populations will change in the face of climate change.

• $ 966 billion million for NOAA weather satellites, which are important early warning tools to help save lives and money, and includes funding to restore critical climate sensors that were deleted from our next generation polar satellites because of cost overruns.

«When we look forward several decades, climate models predict such profound loss of Arctic sea ice that there's little doubt this will negatively affect polar bears throughout much of their range, because of their critical dependence on sea ice,» said Kristin Laidre, a researcher at the University of Washington's Polar Science Center in Seattle and co-author of a study on projections of the global polar bear population.

For years, concern about NOAA's troubled polar satellite program has focused on climate sensors, six of which were stripped from JPSS's predecessor, NPOESS, in 2006, to preserve weather data.

(The agency listed the polar bear and wolverine last year because of climate - change related concerns.)

The newly discovered phenomenon over the South Seas boosts ozone depletion in the polar regions and could have a significant influence on the future climate of Earth — also because of rising air pollution in South East Asia.

At odds with the low levels of factual knowledge, most respondents reported that they had a «moderate amount» or a «great deal» of understanding about climate change, where polar change has been a major area of interest.

The ecological impacts of a changing climate are evident, from terrestrial polar regions to tropical marine environments.

«This means one of the most important questions of our time is how climate change is affecting the polar regions,» explains Dr. Marcello Passaro of the TUM German Geodetic Research Institute.

For instance, UV radiation amounts to a mere 7 % of solar energy, but its variation produces changes in the stratosphere near the Equator, all the way to the polar regions, which govern climate.

It aims to give a more complete picture of the changes taking place in polar regions because of climate change.

The climate change and melting [of glaciers and polar ice] issue is obviously something that's apparently under way and can not be turned on a dime.

Because ocean currents play a major role in transporting the planet's heat and carbon, the ECCO simulations are being used to understand the ocean's influence on global climate and the melting of ice in polar regions.

The list of species potentially imperiled by climate change is long, from polar bears to certain types of pine trees.

«When we think of climate change having an impact on a mammal species, what comes to mind most immediately is an Arctic animal like the polar bear, which depends on sea ice to survive,» Helgen said.

Many of the projected effects of climate change on the world's oceans are already visible, such as melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels.

The accelerating pace of climate warming in the earth's polar regions is spurring a new sense of scientific urgency.

«These species are not only icons of climate change, but they are indicators of ecosystem health, and key resources for humans,» said lead author Kristin Laidre, a polar scientist with the UW Applied Physics Laboratory.

(As we discovered at a convention of climate change skeptics, polar bears are a flash point for those who oppose the regulation of carbon emissions, as well.)

«The past behavior and dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheets are among the most important open questions in the scientific understanding of how the polar regions help to regulate global climate,» said Jennifer Burns, director of the NSF Antarctic Integrated Science System Program.

In «A Phoenix Flies to Mars», Andrew Fazekas, the Canadian Editor for Science's Next Wave, writes about the NASA Phoenix polar lander, and Canada's contribution to the project: a sophisticated meteorological station developed by a team of Canadian scientists and engineers that will analyze Mars» arctic climate.

As climate change causes sea ice to shrink, the number of «problem» polar bears appears to be increasing.

Our study suggests that at medium sea levels, powerful forces, such as the dramatic acceleration of polar ice cap melting, are not necessary to create abrupt climate shifts and temperature changes.»