On November 30th, diplomats from the Department of State concluded 10 years of negotiations by finalizing a multilateral agreement to protect the central Arctic Ocean from overfishing, as
sea ice in the region dwindles.
Not exact matches
The extreme warmth
in the
region sent
sea ice dwindling to a new record low for January.
This study is the latest
in a growing body of research that suggests
dwindling sea ice and snow cover
in the polar
regions may be altering the weather over the continents of the Northern Hemisphere.
According to other researchers, shifts
in tropical ocean
regions have a stronger influence on mid-latitude weather than the
dwindling Arctic
sea ice.
And
sea ice dwindled to record low levels
in both the Arctic and Antarctic, with the north polar
region warming twice as fast as the global average.