Sentences with phrase «smallest ice coverage»

March was the exception, but logged the second smallest ice coverage for that particular month.

Not exact matches

At summer's end, sea - ice coverage was one - third smaller than the average from 1979 to 2000.

The ice coverage on the Arctic Ocean shriveled last September to 1.32 million square miles, the smallest expanse ever recorded and less than half the area covered by sea ice three decades ago.

The extent of global sea ice coverage reached its smallest area ever recorded in 2016, new data show.

The final analysis will probably show slightly smaller changes because of the coverage / sea ice issues.

The Independent story headline is a small gamble, there can be massive cloud coverage (occurring as I write) continuing from the usual great snow and ice Arctic summer melt, but I am quite sure the ice extent may be equal or less than last year come September 20.

The spatially aggregated trend of temperature for this latter period is small but positive, while the corresponding trend of ice coverage is small but negative.

It had started to recede as early as February 25, from the smallest maximum ice coverage ever seen.

The report, led by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, also found that maximum winter sea ice coverage in the Arctic was the smallest ever recorded.

The 2012 sea ice coverage was smaller by 27,000 square miles, an area slightly bigger than the state of West Virginia.

Models that simulate lower ice coverage in the Arctic will produce a smaller amount of warming [13].

This includes coverage for things like small meteors or a ice coming off of an airplane (which is a common occurrence).