Sentences with phrase «slight decline in sea ice»

Not exact matches

Although July data indicated that the sea ice might be on track for a slight recovery from 2007 (though still well below «normal» climatological conditions), new sea ice data and weather forecasts show that total ice extent in early August declined at about twice the rate of any other time this summer.

Don't forget that the sea ice models these biologists use do not predict a decline in winter ice (Dec - March) and project only slight declines in spring ice (April - June) by mid-century (Amstrup et al. 2007; Durner et al. 2009; Oakley et al. 2012; Wang et al. 2012).

But just as one warm day in October does not negate a cooling trend toward winter, a slight annual gain in sea ice extent over a record low does not negate the long - term decline.