Sentences with phrase «sea ice growth»

That's another condition that favors sea ice growth.

Several factors influenced this year's low sea ice growth.

Arctic temperatures have finally started to cool off after yet another winter heat wave stunted sea ice growth over the weekend.

That balmy weather stymied sea ice growth and caused sea ice extent to hit a record low winter peak for the second year in a row.

This winter, a combination of warmer - than - average temperatures, winds unfavorable to ice expansion, and a series of storms halted sea ice growth in the Arctic.

This year's record low happened just two years after several monthly record high sea ice extents in Antarctica and decades of moderate sea ice growth.

New research shows how sea ice growth in the Southern Hemisphere during certain orbital periods could control the pace of ice ages on Earth.

Colder conditions in the ocean's southern waters have encouraged sea ice growth.

From the American Geophysical Union: WASHINGTON, DC — Humans may have been altering Arctic sea ice longer than previously thought, according to researchers studying the effects of air pollution on sea ice growth in the mid-20th Century.

This cooling effect may have disguised the influence of global warming on Arctic sea ice and may have resulted in sea ice growth recorded by Russian aerial surveys in the region from 1950 through 1975, according to the new research.

The study's authors then matched the sulfate aerosol simulations to Russian observational data that suggested a substantial amount of sea ice growth during those years in the eastern Arctic.

«That particular cyclone, which lasted several days and raised temperatures in the region close to the melting point, hindered sea ice growth while its associated strong winds pushed the sea ice edge back, leading to a record low spring sea ice pack in 2016,» Petty and Boisvert explained.

Arctic temperatures have finally started to cool off after yet another winter heat wave stunted sea ice growth over the weekend.

The temperature rise, along with the winds and waves churned up by the storm, can stymie sea ice growth and even cause local melt.

Constant warmth punctuated by repeated winter heat waves stymied Arctic sea ice growth this winter, leaving the winter sea ice cover missing an area the size of California and Texas combined and setting a record - low maximum for the third year in a row.

Much of what we know and conclude about climate change is based on computer models, which have proven to be inaccurate over the years, and the Antarctic sea ice growth is another example of where the model went wrong.

Since the IPO shifted to its negative phase in 1999, the rate of sea ice growth in the Antarctic rose nearly fivefold between 2000 and 2014.

Which factor is the dominant one behind the sea ice growth of recent years could affect whether the record growth continues, Scambos said.

Capping off a season of sustained, mind - boggling warm weather and stunted sea ice growth, the annual Arctic sea ice maximum hit its lowest level ever recorded.

Sea ice growth was abnormally slow during the first half of October.

Sea ice growth was abnormally slow during the first and third weeks of November.

Instead, natural variations in the climate system and other external forcing factors (such as volcanic eruptions) will likely cause the rate of Arctic sea ice change to vary considerably from decade to decade, and perhaps even temporarily switch from negative (sea ice loss) to positive (sea ice growth).