Sentences with phrase «older ice melted»

A big «hole» appeared in August in the ice pack in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, north of Alaska, when thinner seasonal ice surrounded by thicker, older ice melted.

A big «hole» appeared in August in the ice pack in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, north of Alaska, when thinner seasonal ice surrounded by thicker, older ice melted.

Chris, in my amateurish way, I have wondered whether there may be a bit of a slowdown in the rate of ice loss as the oldest ice melts.

Not exact matches

Sadly, the wonder ice cream does eventually crush your childhood dreams and melt, though not nearly as quickly as plain, old ice cream.

The study suggests that up until 1997, whenever the ice caps and glaciers melted, the runoff would be filtered through a layer of older snow called the «firn» and trickle down to the ice surface, where it would freeze again, allowing the glaciers and ice caps to grow each winter.

This one moment when you're sitting at an old dairy farm, watching your son lick a strawberry ice cream cone, the back of your thighs are stuck to the chair, and he offers you a taste, and you slurp the half - melted sides, and you are tasting something vital, it's so hot outside, he's got strawberry ice cream on his ears, and you lick him clean with your own tongue, he's laughing.

1) What makes universe crafting all - powerful all - knowing ice decide to melt (the age old, how is this not «God» changing his mind that never gets answered) 2) You speak of it like the ice goes away, and the water takes over.

Here's how I would describe it: aroma like fruity caramel and the scent of pralines being made in Savannah's old - fashioned candy stores, chocolate dissolving into rich sweetness around silky firm caramel with notes of golden syrup, marshmallows, and demerara sugar, salt flakes dominant and assertive, heightening the flavour like Berthillon's salted caramel ice cream, caramel luscious as it melts away like butterscotch fairy - floss.

-- 2 large, firm apples (Cooking Light recommends Pink Lady or Honeycrisp)-- Cooking spray — 4 tablespoons brown sugar, divided — 2 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted and divided — 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided — 2 tablespoons old - fashioned rolled oats — 1 teaspoon all - purpose flour — 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt — 1 1/2 cups low - fat vanilla ice cream

Note: For the «Old Original Version» of this recipe I use to add 1/2 cup of melted coconut oil for extra creaminess, but I have sense found in my test kitchen that adding a little booze makes creamy ice cream!

I have also rediscovered the glory of regular old ice cream sandwiches, that kind with all the hubbub about not melting, and may or may not have taken down a box in the last week — which is neither here nor there.

Take a closer look at the «Old Skool» vanilla icing, big chunks of chocolate chip cookie dough that melted on top of the warm roll, chocolate drizzle, and mini chocolate chips.

«Very old ice probably exists in small isolated patches at the base of the ice sheet that have not yet been identified, but in many places it has probably melted and flowed out into the ocean.»

It's too soon to say that the microorganisms found at 16 meters are in fact 2800 years old, since the ice could have melted and refrozen recently, says microbial ecologist Warwick Vincent of the University of Laval in Quebec City, Canada.

A team of scientists melted five samples of ice from Antarctica in hopes of reviving the oldest known frozen bacteria — millions of years older than any previously brought to life.

«In recent years Arctic pack ice has formed progressively later, melted earlier, and lost much of its older and thicker multi-year component,» says Anthony Fischbach of the US Geological Survey (USGS) and one of the research team.

Some analyses have hinted the Arctic's multiyear sea ice, the oldest and thickest ice that survives the summer melt season, appeared to have recuperated partially after the 2012 record low.

The layer of ice formed by refreezing water may help preserve the oldest ice, by lifting it off the bedrock and preventing it from being destroyed by melting.

It has also decreased the amount of the oldest, thickest Arctic sea ice, leaving polar waters dominated by thinner ice that forms in the fall and melts in the summer.

«If the ice thickness is too high the old ice at the bottom is getting so warm by geothermal heating that it is melted away,» Fischer explains.

Relevant to this issue, there is currently a debate among paleoclimatologists with respect to the following condundrum: A dramatic recession of the more - than - 11,000 year old ice cap of Mt. Kilimanjaro in tropical East Africa is taking place despite any clear evidence that temperatures have exceeded the melting threshold (one explanation is that the changes are largely associated with a drying atmosphere in the region; the most recent evidence, however, seems to indicate that melting may indeed now be underway).

The paper, entitled Polar Bears of Western Hudson Bay and Climate Change [2007], has been criticised for relying on old research and ignoring evidence that Arctic sea - ice is melting at a quickening pace.

What the scientists think happened was that the traditionally older, thicker ice around Greenland and the Canadian archipelago «just didn't melt away as much as it usually would» during the cooler summer conditions, «and it kind of just remained over the summer melt season,» Tilling said.

Add that to a changing climate which is causing damage to human constructions and releasing decade - old entrapped plastic debris from melting sea ice.

Other models, and the satellite imagery, show that the older ice circulates — and is melting.

Note: For the «Old Original Version» of this recipe I use to add 1/2 cup of melted coconut oil for extra creaminess, but I have sense found in my test kitchen that adding a little booze makes creamy ice cream!

Even at 2 am it's still light, and I would walk around on deck, listening to the snap crackle and pop of melting ice exhaling 10,000 - year - old air.

Forget the execrable Ms Emin — we need to get a photographer to this talented four - year - old's home before the ice cream melts...

In the northernmost reaches of Greenland, the inhabitants are facing a fundamental shift: as they abandon old ways and embrace modern life, their ancient practices are melting away, much like the disappearing ice beneath their feet...

If significant area becomes an ablation zone, then once the previous winters snow has melted, the surface is composed of old ice, which every year becomes older than the last.

There is of course a lot of uncertainty about the details, that affect the melt rates, we just don't know how quickly warmer seawater will undercut floating glaciers, and buildup of darker older snow / ice layers will increase the amount of absorbed sun light.

Other factors would include: — albedo shifts (both from ice > water, and from increased biological activity, and from edge melt revealing more land, and from more old dust coming to the surface...); — direct effect of CO2 on ice (the former weakens the latter); — increasing, and increasingly warm, rain fall on ice; — «stuck» weather systems bringing more and more warm tropical air ever further toward the poles; — melting of sea ice shelf increasing mobility of glaciers; — sea water getting under parts of the ice sheets where the base is below sea level; — melt water lubricating the ice sheet base; — changes in ocean currents -LRB-?)

If I assume surface melting of 1M / year over the interior, say 500e3 KM ** 2 due to warmer climate & darker ice surface (old wet ice versus clean dry snow) that would contribute 1.4 mm / year to sea levels.

And, we are losing thick old ice via export and melt while the seasonal ice has stayed relatively unchanged.

Relevant to this issue, there is currently a debate among paleoclimatologists with respect to the following condundrum: A dramatic recession of the more - than - 11,000 year old ice cap of Mt. Kilimanjaro in tropical East Africa is taking place despite any clear evidence that temperatures have exceeded the melting threshold (one explanation is that the changes are largely associated with a drying atmosphere in the region; the most recent evidence, however, seems to indicate that melting may indeed now be underway).

Here's the main graphic, which shows the dramatic recent expansion of open water (dark blue) at the peak of summer melt, and the decline in thick old ice (white is ice that is over five years old) and thin ice formed the previous winter (light blue).

Glaciers have continued to melt at accelerating rates, arctic summer ice is declining at accelerating rates, more 6 - 10 thousand year old ice shelves are collapsing.

The fate of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is determined by a complicated mix of factors, including the pressure changes, with the biggest loss of old thick ice resulting more from a great «flush» of floes than melting, Dr. Rigor and many other scientists tracking the region say.

It's clear to a range of scientists that the enormous loss of old, thick ice carried on currents from the Arctic out past Greenland into the Atlantic Ocean in recent years is a major factor that has led to sharp summer melting.

The Holocene / Crapocene ice has melted long, long time ago, new ice has deposited: Willis, that Greenland old ice supposed to be Skeptic; s crap; why are you getting stuck into it; did you run out of Warmist lies / misleadings?!? http://globalwarmingdenier.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/skeptics-stinky-skeletons-from-their-closet/

So to address the first concern, four families worked with the World Wildlife Fund to create polar - bear resistant food storage containers that can be stored above ground, rather than underground where traditional ice cellars - some more than 100 years old and upwards of 12 feet deep - are beginning to melt and fill with water.

Your comments about first and second year ice notwithstanding, Serreze's comments were about much older ice, and your comments depend on how much first year ice survives the melt season this fall, could be significant, could be not much.

The remaining new ice is thinner and much easier to melt than older ice.

Where the slabbing and compaction has been least, the newest ice between the older floes is likely to melt soon.

Melting at the same rate as the old thick ice of 07 - 08?

It's not just that we're seeing slower ice growth, but the high temperatures are actually melting old, thick ice as well.

That's important because thin ice comes and goes, melting faster in the summer, but the old thick ice should be here to stay.

Newly grown sea ice (greyish areas) forming between old floes, which survived the previous summer melt.

This pink clay can be traced back to 400 million years old red sand stones at Svalbard, and was carried out to sea by melt water from the ice sheet.

Regionally, it can help delay sea ice loss, but on a pan-arctic scale it enhances overall ice melt and ice volume reduction, as these old floes melt faster at lower latitudes.