Sentences with phrase «other sea ice scientists»

Some other sea ice scientists (Jennifer Francis at Rutgers and Ignatius Rigor at the University of Washington) told me they are not ready to call it a season, noting that atmospheric pressure and some other conditions over the basin could lead to further shrinkage of ice extent in the next week or so.

Not exact matches

On the other hand, there were signs that disintegrating ice sheets could raise sea levels faster than most scientists had expected.

The recent string of record - low winter maximums could be a sign that the large summer losses are starting to show up more in other seasons, with an increasingly delayed fall freeze - up that leaves less time for sea ice to accumulate in winter, Julienne Stroeve, an NSIDC scientist and University College London professor, previously said.

Later on, other scientists suggested that it was a global fall in sea levels due to growing ice sheets that cut the sea off from the Atlantic Ocean.

Comiso and other climate scientists reject the suggestion that his data set may overestimate the recent trend in Antarctic sea - ice growth — by as much as two - thirds, according to Eisenman's analysis.

But from an email conversation with Francis, Vavrus, and several other atmospheric scientists this week, it became clear that there may be more questions than answers at this point, given the large amount of natural variability that affects winter weather patterns, and the very short observational record of how the atmosphere responded to extreme losses of sea ice (only five winters of records since 2007).

I had the opportunity, with one other reporter, to accompany scientists to a research camp set up on the drifting sea ice a few dozen miles from the point at which everything else is south.

(As I've noted, scientists have wisely been proposing that special conservation plans be developed in that region for polar bears and other wildlife dependent on sea ice.)

[April 20, 7:22 a.m. Insert I think this work bolsters the view of scientists who've been calling for a conservation strategy for polar bears and other ice - dependent species focused on areas of the Arctic where sea ice is projected to endure well into this greenhouse - heated era.

While shippers have for centuries dreamed of sending cargo over the top of the world --- a huge shortcut compared to other long - distance sea routes — Pablo Clemente - Colón, the chief scientist at the National Ice Center, said the open water in the passages over Russia, particularly, remains clotted with thick dangerous floes and also can close up in a matter of hours.

Comiso and other climate scientists reject the suggestion that his data set may overestimate the recent trend in Antarctic sea - ice growth — by as much as two - thirds, according to Eisenman's analysis.

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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.

In other words, the expedition is experiencing the very conditions it set out to study — namely the various kinds of sea ice that scientists know are increasing around Antarctica, while the icecaps on Antarctica are known to melt.

«Drowned polar bears have not been reported by other scientists, but the hypothesis that a long search for sea ice makes it more likely that bears will get caught in stormy weather and drown is regarded as plausible.»

Whether it is the unanimous opinion by scientists regarding the 18 - year «global warming» pause; or the last 9 years for the complete lack of major hurricanes; or the inexplicable and surprisingly thick Antarctic sea ice; or the boring global sea level rise that is a tiny fraction of coastal - swamping magnitude; or food crops exploding with record production; or multiple other climate signals - it is now blatantly obvious the current edition of the AGW hypothesis is highly suspect.

They found that Exxon «s board of directors was fully briefed by its own scientists, decades ago, on the emerging consensus that burning oil and gas may cause sea levels to rise, glacial ice to melt and a host of other «generally negative consequences.»

Greenland's ice has been melting faster than many scientists expected just a decade ago, spurred by warming sea and land temperatures, changing weather patterns, and other factors.

For the past 15 years, scientists from Russia and other nations have ventured into the ice - bound and little - studied Arctic Ocean above Siberia to monitor the temperature and chemistry of the sea, including levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Minzoni and her fellow scientists had sailed to the Amundsen Sea to study other parts of WAIS, but bad weather turned into good luck, forcing their sediment sampling activities into a more protected area near the Cosgrove Ice Shelf.

To control other inputs would require divination and given the sea ice predictions we know scientists don't have that power.

Although many climate scientists and environmental campaigners are seriously concerned about the fate of the Arctic sea ice, for other parts of society and other arms of government its degradation presents challenges and opportunities.

They live only in a few borderline places, however; for global temperatures scientists use not only other species of trees but a wide variety of «proxies» from ice cores, coral reefs, cave deposits, the sea floor, pollen in lake sediments, boreholes in rock and so forth.

Between search and rescue missions, Barber and other scientists aboard the Amundsen used the ship's research equipment to figure out where the sea ice had come from and why so much ice was there at all.

Hansen, echoing work by other scientists, said thatin five to 10 years, the Arctic will be free of sea ice in the summer.

Scientists: Warming causes Antarctic ice sheet growth, and lower sea levels By Kenneth Richard While many scientists are projecting rapid sea level rise as a result of a warmer Antarctica and consequent ice sheet melting, other scientists are projecting that the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet will gain in mass because a warmer Antarctica means snow and ice accumulation will outpace theScientists: Warming causes Antarctic ice sheet growth, and lower sea levels By Kenneth Richard While many scientists are projecting rapid sea level rise as a result of a warmer Antarctica and consequent ice sheet melting, other scientists are projecting that the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet will gain in mass because a warmer Antarctica means snow and ice accumulation will outpace thescientists are projecting rapid sea level rise as a result of a warmer Antarctica and consequent ice sheet melting, other scientists are projecting that the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet will gain in mass because a warmer Antarctica means snow and ice accumulation will outpace thescientists are projecting that the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet will gain in mass because a warmer Antarctica means snow and ice accumulation will outpace the -LSB-...]

With the world facing increased warming, melting ice caps, rising sea levels, intense weather events and other global disasters, scientists are exploring ways to re-engineer the planet to counter the effects of global warming.

But from an email conversation with Francis, Vavrus, and several other atmospheric scientists this week, it became clear that there may be more questions than answers at this point, given the large amount of natural variability that affects winter weather patterns, and the very short observational record of how the atmosphere responded to extreme losses of sea ice (only five winters of records since 2007).

Recent eyewitness reports of open water from melting ice at the North Pole have prompted climatologists and other scientists to make a closer study of satellite imagery and other observations of northern sea ice, past and present.

The observed patterns of surface warming, temperature changes through the atmosphere, increases in ocean heat content, increases in atmospheric moisture, sea level rise, and increased melting of land and sea ice also match the patterns scientists expect to see due to rising levels of CO2 and other human - induced changes (see Question 5).

That might have changed this week with the coverage of announcement of «Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: Evidence from Paleoclimate Data, Climate Modeling, and Modern Observations that 2 °C Global Warming is Highly Dangerous» by James Hansen and 16 other eminent scientists.

They determined, however, that this volume had now increased by a further 3 cubic miles each year, prompted by an acceleration in the rate at which the ice caps and glaciers are melting.Unlike what many other scientists have said — including, most prominently, NASA's James Hansen (who believes that a rise in 17 inches by 2100 will be mainly precipitated by the melting of ice sheets)-- the authors of this study believe that the loss of ice from glaciers and ice caps will account for the majority of the expected rise in sea levels.

The study has painted a much more dire picture of sea - level rise, ice melt and many other consequences of climate change than is accepted by many scientists and endorsed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

«Other satellites have already shown drops in the area covered by Arctic sea ice as the climate has warmed, but CryoSat allows scientists to estimate the volume of sea ice — a much more accurate indicator of the changes taking place in the Arctic,» added Tommaso Parrinello, CryoSat Mission Manager.

The paper — which was co-authored with 16 other scientists — goes beyond IPCC estimates of future ice melt and sea - level rise, suggesting ocean levels could rise several meters if temperatures increase by 2 degrees Celsius.

Recent research by Charles Greene at Cornell University and other climate scientists has shown that as more Arctic sea ice melts in the summer — because of global warming — the NAO is more likely to be negative during the autumn and winter.

The Arctic sea ice cover continues to shrink and become thinner, according to satellite measurements and other data released yesterday, providing further evidence that the region is warming more rapidly than scientists had expected.

Still other scientists predict it could become ice free as early as 2040 due to rising temperatures and sea ice decline.

Norwegian, Canadian, Russian, US and other polar scientists reported that, in the last four years, air temperatures have increased, sea ice has declined sharply, surface waters in the Arctic ocean have warmed and permafrost is in some areas rapidly thawing, releasing methane.