Sentences with phrase «summer sea ice extent reached»

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As the Arctic sea - ice reaches its summer minimum extent, it is clear that it has yet again shrunk to one of the smallest areas in recent decades, 10 % above the record minimum set last year.

This year, sea ice in the Arctic reached its smallest maximum extent since satellites began tracking polar ice patterns, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, while scientists have also forecast ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 201ice in the Arctic reached its smallest maximum extent since satellites began tracking polar ice patterns, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, while scientists have also forecast ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 201ice patterns, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, while scientists have also forecast ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 201Ice Data Center, while scientists have also forecast ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 201ice - free Arctic summers in two to three decades (ClimateWire, July 16, 2013).

September is the month that usually sees the highest extent of Antarctic sea ice as the Southern Hemisphere winter ends, and Arctic ice reaches its all - time low as it says goodbye to the dog days of summer.

Meanwhile, in Antarctica, sea ice has already reached its minimum extent following the summer melt season.

Summer sea ice didn't reach its lowest extent on record in 2017, but that's not the only measurement that matters, experts warn.

After an unusually cool summer in the northernmost latitudes, Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual minimum extent on September 13, 2013.

The spread of Outlook contributions suggests about a 29 % chance of reaching a new September sea ice minimum in 2010 and only an 18 % chance of an extent greater than the 2009 minimum (or a return to the long - term trend for summer sea ice loss).

After reaching its annual peak extent at the end of winter, Arctic sea ice contracts as temperatures rise through spring and summer.

Arctic sea ice grows through the winter each year and melts through the summer, typically reaching its minimum extent sometime in September.

They also fail to mention that despite the long - term decline in solar forcing — and the short - term decline of the last 50 years — Arctic sea ice extent is plummeting and will reach conditions similar to HCO summer minima within decades (again, without help from the sun; indeed, with the sun trying to cool).

Changes in the timing of the sea ice minimum extent are especially important because more of the sun's energy reaches Earth's surface during the Arctic summer than during the Arctic winter.

Sea ice retreats during the summer, reaching its minimum extent in September.

in 2007, summer sea ice extent in the Arctic reached an historic low.