Sentences with phrase «sea ice coverage continued»
In a February report, Dr. Parkinson said, «If trends toward shortened sea ice seasons and lesser sea ice coverage continue, this could entail major consequences to the polar and perhaps global climate, and to the lifestyles and survivability of selected Arctic plant and animal species.»
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It also appears that the sea ice volume continues its steady decrease, and has set a new record low — that story is getting some coverage:
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 Statement also highlighted that long - term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level rise and ocean acidification continue «unabated», with Arctic sea ice coverage remaining below average and the previously stable Antarctic sea ice extent at or near a record low.
CMIS represented the state of the art in satellite microwave radiometers and was intended to continue, with a higher degree of accuracy and resolution, the time series of many fundamental climate variables, including SST and wind, sea ice and snow coverage, soil moisture, and atmospheric moisture (vapor, clouds, and rain).