Sentences with phrase «sea ice increase»

The volume of Arctic sea ice increased by around a third after an unusually cool summer in 2013.

Complex interactions among different parts of the climate system are a fundamental part of climate change — for example, reduction in sea ice increases the absorption of heat by the ocean and the heat flow between the ocean and the atmosphere, which can also affect cloudiness and precipitation.

As the Trump administration advances plans to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the offshore waters of Alaska to drilling — and as decreasing sea ice increases options of Arctic drilling — that could mean an increase in black carbon.

Indeed, the record - breaking losses in the past couple of years could easily be due to natural fluctuations in the weather, with summer sea ice increasing again over the next few years.

you've got sea ice decreasing in the summer; at the opposite pole, you've got sea ice increasing in the winter.

Earlier data are scarce, but past research has suggested that Arctic sea ice increased between about 1950 and 1975.

The models that investigated whether ozone depletion could be causing sea ice increase predict a cooling interior — that's how they drive the SAM.

Right after my previous article that discussed the historical problems in Antarctica, I found another article about Antarctica in National Geographic that uses modelling to answer the «mystery» of the Antarctic sea ice increase over the past 30 years.

Already there is evidence of polar bears drowning most likely due to that the reduction in sea ice increases the swimming distances between ice sheets suitable for hunting to such an extent that exceeds the bears» capacity.

The loss of Arctic sea ice increases the warming effect that is altering our climate.

When the model held the polar winds at a constant level, the sea ice increased only 20 percent as much.

So what does this all mean and why was the sea ice increasing despite global warming?

A map of the sea ice increase from the same month last year Increase twice the size of Germany: «colder weather» to blame.

To pick three, he says the world is cooling, Arctic sea ice increased 60 percent over last year at this time, and the International Panel on Climate Change is under so much attack they had to hold a «crisis» meeting.

Also relevent is the question of why is sea ice increasing / decreasing.

If the Southern Ocean is warming, why is Antarctic sea ice increasing?

If dynamic forces led to the Arctic sea ice decline and lead to an Arctic sea ice increase, we should expect a reversion to the mean in temperatures (that is, cooling).

A study published by Lorenzo Polvani and Karen Smith of Columbia University says that the sea ice increase may just reflect natural variability.

Observed effects include sea surface cooling and sea ice increase in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica and cooling in the North Atlantic.

The simulations indicated that about a third of the sea ice increase was due to natural processes, while two - thirds was due to aerosol pollution from human, or anthropogenic, sources.

So, Arctic sea ice decline is caused by AGW which is global but Antarctic sea ice increase is caused by nature which is not global.

This talks about whether increase in winter sea ice extent can be attributed to ozone hole.They note that the seasonal patterns of sea ice increase and melt are not consistent with their modelled response to ozone depletion.

Is wintertime Antarctic sea ice increasing or decreasing?