Science news articles about 'nsidc'

... Arctic system is, says co-author Andrew Slater, a scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). "The loss of sea ice can trigger widespread changes that would be felt across the region."

... s National Snow and Ice Data Center, or NSIDC. While slightly above the record-low ... observed over the past 30 years, according to NSIDC researchers. NSIDC will issue a press release at the beginning ...

... Associate Walt Meier, a research scientist at NSIDC. Summer ice losses allowed significant ... -Boulder Research Associate Julienne Stroeve, an NSIDC research scientist. The end result was the natural ...

... the past six years, according to CU-Boulder researcher Walt Meier of NSIDC. The new measurements by CU-Boulder's NSIDC show the maximum sea ice extent for 2008-09 reached on Feb. 28 was 5. ...

... significantly below the long-term average and well outside the range of natural climate variability, said NSIDC Research Scientist Walt Meier. Most scientists believe the shrinking Arctic sea ice is ...

... re headed back to conditions seen in the 1970s," said NSIDC Director Mark Serreze, also a professor in CU- ... summer compared to the past couple of years," said NSIDC scientist Walt Meier of CU-Boulder's ...

... with the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), sea ice coverage dropped to 5.10 ... (220,000 square miles) greater than 2008. NSIDC is sponsored by several U.S. government agencies, including ...