Sentences with phrase «predictions of ice»

Predictions of an ice - free Arctic ranged from 2013 (Maslowski) to 2058 (Liu, et.

The sea ice minimums in 2007 and 2012 have triggered numerous predictions of an ice free Arctic.

If she can prove her theory right, there is now a new object in the library that outputs predictions of ice extent.

Lindsay, R.W., J. Zhang, A. Schweiger and M.A. Steele, «Seasonal predictions of ice extent in the Arctic Ocean», J. Geophys.

I am curious to hear any fresh predictions of an ice free North Pole in 2009, given this year's melt information.

While these relationships lay a path forward to improving seasonal predictions of ice conditions in the region, developing an operational prediction scheme would require more timely acquisition of Bering Strait heat inflow data than is presently possible.

Yes, for example the eerily accurate predictions of an ice - free Arctic like this scientific forecast from a scientific scientist:

On the other hand Hansens original predictions of how much warming there might be have been fairly accurate — and early predictions of ice loss an underestimate

The fact is that multiple groups of scientists published papers and predictions of an ice free Arctic summer by 2013 / 1415/16 / 17..

There'll be another round of «Sea Ice Outlook» this year, aimed at comparing predictions of ice behavior by different groups using different methods as a way to build understanding.

More research work is therefore required to improve the reliability of predictions of ice - sheet response on global warming.

The Peninsula is one of the largest current contributors to sea - level rise and this new finding will enable researchers to make better predictions of ice loss from this region.

So extrapolations by fitting a function that resembles a sigmoid - shaped trajectory may make more sense, but even that, as shown in the figure, yields a much earlier prediction of an ice - free Arctic than can be expected from the CCSM4 ensemble.

However, given the chaotic nature of the climate system, what amount of spread in the prediction of an ice - free summer Arctic is inevitable?

Any prediction of ice - free conditions in the next few years doesn't take into account the physics of the system, Stroeve said.

If that estimate proves true, it would shave off at least a decade or two from the previously widely cited prediction of an ice - free Arctic by mid-century.

The updated prediction of ice thickness from the PIOMAS model, submitted by Zhang, continues to show an ice - free Northwest Passage (Figure 2a).

Not exact matches

Subban and his teammates had to feel confident knowing they had that kind of home - ice advantage waiting for them, making Subban's bold prediction less of a prediction and more of a vote of confidence in the whole franchise.

This gives confidence in the predictions of the current generation of ice - sheet models which are used to forecast future ice loss from Antarctica and resulting sea - level rise.»

«Ice loss from this part of West Antarctica is already making a significant contribution to sea - level rise — around 1 mm per decade, and is actually one of the largest uncertainties in global sea - level rise predictions.

Islands are disappearing, Arctic sea ice is melting faster (pictured) than the most pessimistic of predictions, and we may lose Greenland's ice sheet way ahead of schedule.

Given that we now have several years more data, we can essentially «test» the IPCC predictions and we arrive at the conclusion (i.e., message 1) that the climate system is tracking the «worst case scenario» (or worse in the case of ice melt and sea - level rise) presented by the IPCC.

«Hot rock and ice: Volcanic chain underlies Antarctica: Seismic maps of the mantle will improve predictions of giant ice sheet's fate.»

The study analyzed forecasts from the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Sea Ice Outlook, a project that gathers and summarizes sea ice forecasts made by sea ice researchers and prediction centeIce Outlook, a project that gathers and summarizes sea ice forecasts made by sea ice researchers and prediction centeice forecasts made by sea ice researchers and prediction centeice researchers and prediction centers.

«We found that in years when the sea ice extent departed strongly from the trend, such as in 2012 and 2013, predictions failed regardless of the method used to forecast the September sea ice extent,» said Julienne Stroeve, a senior scientist at NSIDC and professor at University of College London.

The next step is to use estimates of future sea ice loss to make predictions of how further melting could influence summer rainfall in Europe in the years to come.

Long - term predictions of summer Arctic extent made by global climate models (GCMs) suggest that the downward trend will likely lead to an ice - free Arctic summer in the middle of the century.

Although researchers have been generally successful at modelling the huge declines in Arctic sea ice, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has actually increased in recent years, contrary to the predictions of models.

A project off Greenland will tag whales with sensors to measure sea temperatures and ice melt in hard - to - reach places, improving predictions of sea - level rise

The IPCC's latest prediction for sea level rise — 0.2 to 0.6 metres by 2100 — takes this ice loss into account but it is based on the assumption that the rate of ice loss will remain constant.

But no one knows for sure what will happen and the prediction of a net gain of ice in Antarctica could yet turn out to be correct.

Better modeling of Arctic sea - ice changes could improve prediction of changes in rainfall, the researchers said.

«Our work provides experimental evidence for superionic ice and shows that these predictions were not due to artifacts in the simulations, but actually captured the extraordinary behavior of water at those conditions.

The paleoclimate data, which included mainly changes in the oxygen isotopes of the calcium carbonate deposits, were then compared to similar records from other caves, ice cores, and sediment records as well as model predictions for water availability in the Middle East and west central Asia today and into the future.

In a paper published today in Nature Physics, a research team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Rochester provides experimental evidence for superionic conduction in water ice at planetary interior conditions, verifying the 30 - year - old prediction.

Kuhn, from Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute, added, «This gives confidence in the predictions of the current generation of ice sheet models which are used to forecast future ice loss from Antarctica and resulting sea - level rise.»

Scientists are involved in the evaluation of global - scale climate models, regional studies of the coupled atmosphere / ocean / ice systems, regional severe weather detection and prediction, measuring the local and global impact of the aerosols and pollutants, detecting lightning from space and the general development of remotely - sensed data bases.

These predictions are limited by a poor understanding of the recent changes observed in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, and a lack of knowledge about the variability of ice sheet behaviour under a warming climate.

In no models or predictions of future warming scenarios does the Antarctic ice mass melt to any significant extent.

Even with the best numerical model of ice flow available, if the data going into it is not accurate, then the predictions will not be reliable.

Now the question is, can the real climate scientists come forward and present the truth about global warming, or are we in for more ridiculous predictions about an ice free arctic by 2013 and the extinction of polar bears?

A number of recent studies linking changes in the North Atlantic ocean circulation to sea ice extent led Yeager to think that it would also be possible to make decadal predictions for Arctic winter sea ice cover using the NCAR - based Community Earth System Model...

The forecast scheme for the September sea ice extent is based on a methodology similar to one used for the seasonal prediction of river streamflow.

The area of summertime sea - ice during 2007 - 2009 was about 40 % less than the average prediction from IPCC AR4 climate models.

Of course, no one is trying to make a prediction based on global ice core data.

Current predictions [5], [6] suggest that trends in sea ice extent will alter in the second half of this century and that the annual average sea ice extent will diminish by 33 %; most of this retreat is expected to occur in winter and spring [5], [6], with attendant risks for emperor penguins.

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We know it was based on Mexico, but it seems predictions of the world being part ice themed are true too.

Models actually predict that the interior of the ice sheets should gain mass because of the increased snowfall that goes along with warmer temperatures, and recent observations actually agree with those predictions.