Sentences with phrase «with small ice caps»

Not exact matches

Small variations will expose the growth or wasting of ice caps, Tapley says, a more powerful method than measuring their heights with aerial surveys.

Consistent with observed changes in surface temperature, there has been an almost worldwide reduction in glacier and small ice cap (not including Antarctica and Greenland) mass and extent in the 20th century; snow cover has decreased in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere; sea ice extents have decreased in the Arctic, particularly in spring and summer (Chapter 4); the oceans are warming; and sea level is rising (Chapter 5).

And this is just one element in the sea level rise — small ice caps are melting faster, thermal expansion will increase in line with ocean heat content changes and Antarctic ice sheets are also losing mass.

All of these measurements are useful, but the trouble is that even with many thousands of them logged, the proportion of the ice pack measured is much smaller than the complete thickness profile of the entire ice cap you'd like to have, if only you could.

Read more about Greenland: Satellite Images Reveal Two of Greenland's Biggest Glaciers Are Losing More Ice Greenland Glacier About to Lose Manhattan - sized Ice Chunk (Video) As its Glaciers Melt, Greenland on Track to Emit 10 Million Tons of CO2 a Year Watch Greenland Melting - on the Icecam Dramatic Ice Loss May Get the Headlines, But 72 % of Greenland's Ice Melt Comes From Small Glaciers Researchers Say Global Warming Beer: Greenland Brews with Melting Ice Cap

With temperatures rising and ice caps melting — and that small minority in control of both Congress and the White House — there seems no project more urgent than persuading climate deniers to reconsider their views.

The thermosteric acceleration is small compared with the ice sheets, but on par with the acceleration from mountain glaciers and small ice caps.

From 1992 to 2003, the decadal OHC changes (blue) along with the contributions from melting glaciers, ice caps, Greenland, Antarctica, and Arctic sea ice plus small contributions from land to atmosphere warming (red) suggest a total warming for the planet of 0.6 ± 0.2 W m − 2 (95 % error bars).