Sentences with phrase «vulnerable ice conditions»

This suggests that we are in a new state of thinner, more vulnerable ice conditions.

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These conditions have left shorefast ice vulnerable to break - out events.

With lack of multiyear ice, a normal or slightly below - normal thickness offshore ice cover (based on ice thickness flights earlier in the season) and coastal ice vulnerable to early break - up, ice conditions would favor a normal or somewhat early seasonal ice retreat.

Losing a massive, state - sized ice block may leave the remaining shelf vulnerable to further climate change - related conditions and its collapse will occur earlier, O'Leary explained.

As sea ice declines, it becomes thinner, with less ice build - up over multiple years, and therefore more vulnerable to further melting.15 Models that best match historical trends project northern waters that are virtually ice - free by late summer by the 2030s.25, 26,12 Within the general downward trend in sea ice, there will be time periods with both rapid ice loss and temporary recovery, 27 making it challenging to predict short - term changes in ice conditions.