Sentences with phrase «record sea ice minimum»

Schweiger, A.J., J. Zhang, R.W. Lindsay, and M. Steele, «Did unusually sunny skies help drive the record sea ice minimum of 2007?»

Six (6) respondents anticipate the 2008 extent to be close to the 2007 record sea ice minimum (i.e., 4.3 million square kilometers); and

But, as scientists including National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Jane Lubchenco said today at a press conference at the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting, record - setting melting happened anyway: record snow melt, record sea ice minimum, melting even at the top of the Greenland ice sheet (in what was once called the «dry snow zone»), and widespread warming of permafrost.

In previous record sea ice minima years, ice area anomalies were confined to certain sectors (N. Atlantic, Beaufort / Bering Sea, etc.).

Not exact matches

«The autumn volume of the sea ice (as opposed to the extent) is still close to its minimum record,» Robert Meisner, spokesman for European Space Agency, said yesterday.

After a decade with nine of the lowest arctic sea - ice minima on record, including the historically low minimum in 2012, we synthesize recent developments in the study of ecological responses to sea - ice decline.

AWI researchers observed a considerable decrease in the thickness of the sea ice as early as the late summer of 2015, even though the overall ice covered area of the September minimum ultimately exceeded the record low of 2012 by approximately one million square kilometres.

In the last three years, the sea ice's extent - the ocean area in which a defined minimum of sea ice can be found — was at its lowest in the 30 - year satellite record.

As the Arctic sea - ice reaches its summer minimum extent, it is clear that it has yet again shrunk to one of the smallest areas in recent decades, 10 % above the record minimum set last year.

In Antarctica, this year's record low annual sea ice minimum of 815,000 square miles (2.11 million square kilometers) was 71,000 square miles (184,000 square kilometers) below the previous lowest minimum extent in the satellite record, which occurred in 1997.

«Arctic sea ice summertime minimum is fourth lowest on record.»

To think that now the Antarctic sea ice extent is actually reaching a record minimum, that's definitely of interest.»

According to a NASA analysis of satellite data, the 2015 Arctic sea ice minimum extent is the fourth lowest on record since observations from space began.

This year's record low sea ice maximum extent might not necessarily lead to a new record low summertime minimum extent, since weather has a great impact on the melt season's outcome, Meier said.

The sea ice fringing Antarctica also set a record low for its annual summer minimum (with the seasons opposite in the Southern Hemisphere), though this was in sharp contrast to the record highs racked up in recent years.

The record - low winter maximum doesn't necessarily herald a record low end - of - summer minimum come September, as summer weather patterns have a large effect on sea ice area.

The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by sea ice in September, when the annual minimum occurs, was the sixth lowest extent in the satellite record, going back to 1979.

In the Antarctic, where the summer season just wrapped up, rapid ice melt led to the lowest sea ice minimum ever recorded for the area.

Sea ice changes this year were again very dramatic, with the Arctic September minimum destroying the previous records in all the data products.

Least unexpected observations: (Joint winners) 2008 near - record minima in Arctic sea ice extent, last decade of record warmth, long term increases in ocean heat content, record increases in CO2 emissions.

The record low maximum doesn't necessarily guarantee a record - low summer sea ice minimum, though, as ice melt depends heavily on Arctic weather patterns through the spring and summer months.

Twenty - sixteen also brought forth record - low average Arctic sea ice for much of the year, and the second lowest minimum sea ice cover reported.

On September 10, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent at 1.60 million square miles, statistically tying 2007 as the second smallest extent in the 1979 — 2016 satellite record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Centice reached its annual minimum extent at 1.60 million square miles, statistically tying 2007 as the second smallest extent in the 1979 — 2016 satellite record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data CentIce Data Center.

Current ice extent is well below levels at the same point in 2012, which went on to set the current record for the lowest sea ice minimum extent:

The 2016 Arctic sea ice minimum was 290,000 square miles larger than the record small minimum that occurred in 2012.

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Least unexpected observations: (Joint winners) 2006 near - record minima in Arctic sea ice extent, near - record maxima in Northern Hemisphere temperatures, resumed increase in ocean heat content, record increases in CO2 emissions

My bet is that this year's Arctic Sea ice extent ice will not fall below last year's minimum (4.28 or 2.77), because last year's minimum was very low in comparison to all other years of record (1979 - current).

Her first post explored this question: «How should we interpret the record low minimum sea ice extent?»

I view the question of whether the minimum sea ice extent sets a new record this year as secondary.

Given that this summer's minimum has fallen below last year's and will settle in at the 2nd or 3rd lowest on record, last summer's minimum now appears more as a bump in the road toward continuing lower Arctic sea ice coverage.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center predicts this year's minimum summer sea ice extent won't break the record set in 20Ice Data Center predicts this year's minimum summer sea ice extent won't break the record set in 20ice extent won't break the record set in 2012.

The US National Snow and Ice Data Center, which monitors Arctic ice, said last week: «It is unlikely that Arctic sea ice extent this September will fall below the record minimum set in 2012.&raqIce Data Center, which monitors Arctic ice, said last week: «It is unlikely that Arctic sea ice extent this September will fall below the record minimum set in 2012.&raqice, said last week: «It is unlikely that Arctic sea ice extent this September will fall below the record minimum set in 2012.&raqice extent this September will fall below the record minimum set in 2012.»

With the record low value of sea ice minimum in 2007 the ratio jumped to about 0.7.

Now it's official: as of September 16, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean reached a record low minimum exteIce Data Center, the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean reached a record low minimum exteice covering the Arctic Ocean reached a record low minimum extent.

Shorefast ice conditions along the northeastern Chukchi Sea coast (Barrow to Wainwright) reflect the combination of late freeze - up after the 2012 record minimum summer ice extent and persistent westerly flow advecting warm air throughout fall and early winter.

Note that the sea ice extent is likely to be higher than the record September minimum in 2012 simply due to «regression to the mean», but it would not imply that there had been any «recovery».

The Arctic sea ice has reached its minimum extent for 2011, becoming the second lowest on record, one group says.

The minimum ice extent was the second lowest in the satellite record, after 2007, and continues the decadal trend of rapidly decreasing summer sea ice.

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Sea ice extent fell to 3.41 million square kilometers (1.32 million square miles), now the lowest summer minimum extent in the satellite record.

This year's minimum follows a record - breaking summer of low sea ice extents in the Arctic.

Carrington's self - serving and unnecessary lyricism aside — as well as the poetic license often taken by the likes of Vidal and Monbiot — this year's sea - ice minimum represents the second lowest on record.

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In other words, Arctic sea ice extent has been lower than it was in 1938 - 43 during the entire satellite record, and the current average summer extent is approximately 4.3 million square kilometers lower than the 1940 minimum.

New University of Colorado at Boulder calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three - in - five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice.

Ethon revs up the transport module As you may recall, Eli has a bet with Stoat on 2008 setting a new record for minimum Arctic sea ice.

In mid-September 2012, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced that Arctic sea ice had reached a new record minimum — 3.41 million square kilometers (1.32 million square mileIce Data Center (NSIDC) announced that Arctic sea ice had reached a new record minimum — 3.41 million square kilometers (1.32 million square mileice had reached a new record minimum — 3.41 million square kilometers (1.32 million square miles).

Arctic sea ice declined by roughly 10 percent in the past decade, culminating in a record 2007 minimum ice cover of 1.59 million square miles.

In the summer of 2012, Arctic sea ice has broken the previous record for minimum extent (set in 2007), fallen below 4 million square kilometers, and, as of September 17, dropped below 3.5 million square kilometers in extent.