Sentences with phrase «sea ice retreating even»

In an extreme case with Arctic sea ice retreating even in spring, this process could become far less important.

Not exact matches

One «growing phenomenon in the Arctic [is] polar bears foraging on land as their primary habitat, sea ice, retreats,» Kintisch writes, which makes field work even more dangerous, and difficult, than it would be otherwise.

Arctic sea ice dwindles and glaciers atop mountains in more temperate and even tropical lands retreat.

«It is conceivable that part of that litter then drifts even farther to the north and northwest, and reaches the Fram Strait,» states the AWI biologist, adding, «Another cause for litter in the Arctic could be the retreat of the Arctic sea ice.

The second error is obvious from the fact that the recent warming is seen in the oceans, the atmosphere, in Arctic sea ice retreat, in glacier recession, earlier springs, reduced snow cover etc., so even if all met stations were contaminated (which they aren't), global warming would still be «unequivocal».

The second error is obvious from the fact that the recent warming is seen in the oceans, the atmosphere, in Arctic sea ice retreat, in glacier recession, earlier springs, reduced snow cover etc., so even if all met stations were contaminated (which they aren't), global warming would still be «unequivocal».

My take is that the tug of war over what's causing today's telegenic heat waves, floods, tempests — and even Arctic sea - ice retreats — distracts from the high confidence scientists have in the long - term (but less sexy) picture: that more CO2 will lead to centuries of climate and coastal changes with big consequences for a growing human population (for better and worse in the short run, and likely mostly for the worse in the long run).

I am very well aware and have previously blogged that there are multiple factors that determine the degree of ice lost any given year — but the literature is clear that even in 2007, global warming played «a large part» (see «What drove the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007?

A team of scientists is pioneering new strategies for ensuring that polar bears can persist even as summer sea ice — a vital feeding platform — retreats under the climate change that is already in the pipeline no matter how aggressively societies tackle the greenhouse challenge.

Even with the increasing summer retreats of sea ice, which climate scientists say are being driven in large part by global warming caused by humans....

Fourteen research teams studying the impacts of warming on the Arctic Ocean have issued independent projections of how the sea ice will behave this summer, and 11 of them foresee an ice retreat at least as extraordinary as last year's or even more dramatic.

Although again I challenge you to name even five polar scientists who do not think human - caused global warming is the dominant cause of «the increasing summer retreats of sea ice.»

Even with the increasing summer retreats of sea ice, which polar scientists say probably are being driven in large part by global warming caused by humans....

Even with the increasing summer retreats of sea ice, which climate scientists say are being driven by global warming caused by humans....

Updated, Nov. 25, 10:41 a.m. Ruth Teichroeb, the communications officer for Oceans North: Protecting Life in the Arctic, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts, sent a note this evening about new steps related to an issue I've covered here before — the rare and welcome proactive work by Arctic nations to ban fishing in the central Arctic Ocean ahead of the «big melt» as summer sea ice retreats more in summers in a human - heated climate.

- Our ice is disappearing - Sea ice, coming and going - Dana Rohrbacher (R - CA): on climate change, makes wrong even wronger - Dramatic glacial retreat caught by NASA satellite

The retreat of glaciers and shrinking of the Greenland ice sheet in the Arctic, for example, is predicted to cause significant sea - level rise, changes in the salinity of our oceans, and altered feedback loops that will make the Arctic warm up even faster.

After the ice sheets began to melt and retreat, sea level rose rapidly, with several periods of even faster spurts.

Community - based observations and field data for the Bering Sea ice cover summarized in the Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO) indicate that even though Bering Sea ice was extensive, it was thinner than in past decades and hence susceptible to rapid retreice cover summarized in the Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO) indicate that even though Bering Sea ice was extensive, it was thinner than in past decades and hence susceptible to rapid retreIce for Walrus Outlook (SIWO) indicate that even though Bering Sea ice was extensive, it was thinner than in past decades and hence susceptible to rapid retreice was extensive, it was thinner than in past decades and hence susceptible to rapid retreat.

Sea ice, which even in winter has been in retreat for decades, will remain more or less steady in the immediate future, according to new research.

As sea levels rise, the «grounding line» — the level where the ice is stuck to the rock — also retreats, and the glaciers begin to float and melt even faster.

Thus, sea ice has melted at an unprecedented rate and is now caught in a vicious cycle known as the ice - albedo feedback: as sea ice retreats, sunshine that would have been reflected into space by the bright white ice is instead absorbed by the ocean, causing waters to warm and melt even more ice.