Not exact matches
According to the results, the area covered by carbon - rich frozen ground in the Arctic is expected to shrink by 4m
square km for every extra degree that global average surface temperature rises.
ON SEPTEMBER 9th, at the height of its summertime shrinkage, ice covered 4.33 m
square km, or 1.67 m
square miles, of the Arctic Ocean,
according to America's National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC).
The only predicted change that has any reasonable likelihood of occurring
according to Table 2.4 under a «worst case scenario» is a late - summer Arctic ice extent that will be under 1 million
square km by mid-century, compared to a late - summer 1979 - 2000 baseline level of 7 million
km ^ 2.