During the so - called Holocene Climate Optimum, from approximately 8000 to 5000 years ago, when the temperatures were somewhat warmer than today, there was
significantly less sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, probably less than 50 % of the summer 2007 coverage, which is absolutely lowest on record.
Not exact matches
«If the IPCC comes out with
significantly less than 100 cm of
sea level rise, there will be people in the science community saying we don't think that's a fair reflection of what we know,» said Bob Corell, chairman of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, speaking to Associated Press.
During the later period, when there was
less sea ice, the whales dove
significantly longer and deeper than in the earlier period — presumably in search of prey as the animals, in turn, changed their habits because of different ocean conditions brought on by
sea ice loss.
10) Most recently, Early Holocene, which had
significantly less summer
sea ice than even 2012.
Why should warming during the current Holocene Interglacial be
significantly different /
less than during the previous Eemian Interglacial (MIS5e), when
sea levels were, per the IPCC's own comments, above modern levels or for that matter above the purported mid-Holocene highstand?
Since about 1976 the areal extent of
sea - ice in the Northern Hemisphere has varied about a constant climatological level but in 1972 - 1975
sea - ice extent was
significantly less.