Sentences with phrase «toward less sea»

Even as the long - term trend in the Arctic is toward less sea ice in summers, for decades to come — and routinely in other seasons — any nation with interests in the far north will need to be able to navigate in heavy ice.

Not exact matches

For example, Kangerdlugssuaq glacier has lost mass from melting and, in its thinner form, has less weight to speed the flow of its ice toward the sea.

To test entanglement in water, which is less forgiving toward light, Xianmin Jin and his colleagues at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China gathered saltwater from the Yellow Sea and placed it in a 3 - metre - long container.

The recent mass immigration of thousands of displaced children together with their families to European countries, and their historical long march in the wake of a risk - laden and desperate journey across different countries and less - than - friendly seas in the hope to leave behind the miseries of war and move toward a better life that they are hoping to forge for themselves and their parents in their host countries, resonates with the life stories and conditions of the characters of a number of submissions this year.»

Less synchronised are the anarchically incongruous experiments depicted in Mooing Here and Now, 2014, a work filled with loose ends and unexpected turns: a deep - sea diver fastens an industrial milking device to a garlanded cow; a marauding elephant, its intentions toward another floored cow unclear, is fired at from above by a soldier - cum - scientist.

[Andy Revkin — On Arctic ice trends, I have a post coming shortly on the latest update from the world's leading teams of sea ice experts, showing this year's retreat is unlikely to match last year's, while the long - term trend is still heading toward ever less summer ice.

Five (5) respondents suggested a less dramatic loss than in 2007 (ie., 4.3 million square kilomoters)-- closer toward the long - term trend line of summer sea ice loss;

As one goes further north toward the North Pole, the length of the shortwave radiation season is shortened with less ability to melt out multi-year sea ice (D. Perovich, personal communication).

Five (5) respondents suggest a return toward the long term trend line of summer sea ice loss, but less than the 1979 - 2000 mean extents;

Even that which falls on land at higher latitudes tends to be carried toward the sea on north - flowing rivers, and so into the already somewhat less salty Arctic Ocean.

In a February report, Dr. Parkinson said, «If trends toward shortened sea ice seasons and lesser sea ice coverage continue, this could entail major consequences to the polar and perhaps global climate, and to the lifestyles and survivability of selected Arctic plant and animal species.»

For one thing, cold, salty waters occupy less volume than warmer, fresher seas, so MSL tends to be higher near the equator and lower toward the poles.