Sentences with phrase «overall volume of the ice»
It is not clear from these data how much greater the overall volume of the ice is than previously thought.
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It can also be measured in thickness, and the two measures can be combined to calculate the overall volume of ice.
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The thickness of the ice, and its overall volume, may be a more important measure of what is happening in the Arctic over the long term, even though it is not as simple to measure, said Overland.
From 1994 to 2003, the overall loss of ice shelf volume across the continent was negligible: about 25 cubic kilometers per year (plus or minus 64).
The authors of a new study reviewing the volume data, detailed on Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, are quick to caution, though, that one single year of rebound doesn't suggest any sea ice recovery, as the overall trend is still downward.
The sea ice recovery is just some natural variation on the overall trend of decreasing sea ice volume, extent and area.