... past decade, culminating in a record 2007 minimum ice cover of 1.59 million square miles ... older than average, according to Drobot.
Changes in Arctic sea ice -- defined as the area of an ocean covered ...
... events last summer, when the extent of Arctic sea ice shrank to more than 30 percent below ... year, air temperatures over land in the western Arctic were also unusually warm, reaching more than 4 degrees ...
After a cold winter, Arctic sea ice has melted quickly, suggesting that summers could be ice-free within five to 10 years.
... to fathom out possibilities for seasonal predictions on Arctic sea ice cover by means of different methods ... clearly indicate a de-creased ice cover - exact prognoses for the following summer, however, ...
... Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest ... possible causes behind this year's low ice conditions, particularly interesting aspects of the melt ...
... season of 2008 reinforces the decline of Arctic sea ice documented over the past 30 years, ... , NSIDC lead scientist. "The trend of decline in the Arctic continues, despite this year's slightly greater ...
A University of Manitoba climate researcher says the growth of Arctic sea ice in 2008 is not cause for optimism because it's mostly thin, first-year ice.
LONDON, March 1 (UPI) -- Three British explorers measuring the depth of Arctic sea ice say they will don survival suits and swim with their gear when they encounter open water.
Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years. A new analysis of changing conditions in the region, using complex computer models of weather and climate, says ...
... potential aspects of climate change, including massive losses of Arctic sea ice and permafrost and significant sea- ... (8.7 inches). Significant additional sea-level rise would be expected in either ...
Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years. A new analysis of changing conditions in the region says conditions that had been forecast by the end of the century ...
... drift rate and deformation rate of Arctic sea ice has strongly increased over the last three ... contribute to the faster- than-expected decline of Arctic sea ice. This work is published in the 14 may 2009 ...
Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record.
... better understand rapid loss and transformation of Arctic sea ice should be immediately released and disseminated to ... 2007-March 2009). The summer 2007 sea-ice coverage minimum was a record-breaking ...
... as part of an expedition to study the receding Arctic sea ice and improve understanding of its life cycle ... types now cover only 2 percent of the Arctic Ocean as compared to 20 percent in the 1980s."
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