Sentences with phrase «winter during recent decades»

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The study also suggests that the accelerated melting of mountain glaciers in recent decades may explain a phenomenon that has long puzzled scientists — why Arctic and sub-Arctic rivers have increased their water flow during the winter even without a correlative increase in rain or snowfall.

Still the Antarctic winter sea ice has expanded to its greatest limits during the most recent decades.)

A 466303 — 29): the results presented here indicate that, despite hemispheric warming, the UK and Europe could experience more cold winters than during recent decades.»

It is likely that there has been about a 40 percent decline in Arctic sea - ice thickness during late summer to early autumn in recent decades and a considerably slower decline in winter sea - ice thickness.