... Drobot, who leads CCAR's Arctic Regional Ice Forecasting System group in CU-Boulder's ... is older than average, according to Drobot.
Changes in Arctic sea ice -- defined as the area of an ocean covered ...
... polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The listing is based on the fact that loss of sea ice will likely continue to threaten polar bear habitat.
... additional greenhouse gases. "Our study suggests that, if sea-ice continues to contract rapidly over the next ... simulations suggested that a sustained period of rapid ice loss lasting roughly 5 to 10 ...
After a cold winter, Arctic sea ice has melted quickly, suggesting that summers could be ice-free within five to 10 years.
... clearly indicate a de-creased ice cover - exact prognoses for the following summer, however, ... able", says Gerdes, "to make a definitive statement on sea ice cover in September. However, this 'trick' ...
A revised outlook for the Arctic 2008 summer sea ice minimum shows ice extent will be below the 2005 level but not likely to beat the 2007 record. DAMOCLES will dispatch eleven ...
... German Research Vessel Polarstern had to prove its ice breaking capabilities in Arctic waters to gain ... groups of animals living at the bottom of the deep sea. The ice edge is a biologically very active ...
Retreating sea ice in the Arctic has made it possible to navigate around the entire northern ice pack, a first since satellite observations of the region began three decades ago, according to NASA.
... reinforces the strong negative trend in summertime sea ice extent observed over the past 30 years, ... possible causes behind this year's low ice conditions, particularly interesting aspects of the melt ...
NASA has issued a preliminary report confirming environmentalists' fears of disappearing sea ice at the Arctic.
NASA has issued a preliminary report confirming environmentalists' fears of disappearing sea ice at the Arctic.
... 2008 may represent the lowest volume of Arctic sea ice on record, according to the researchers. The declining Arctic ... "brake" to prevent a new record-low ice extent from occurring, she said.
"I find ...
... autumn temperatures, closing both the Northern Sea Route and the direct route through the Northwest ... extended darkness, so obtaining measurements of sea ice was difficult before the advent of satellites ...
... along which most cyclones travel -- northward. We speculate that sea ice serves as the 'middleman' in a scenario where ... 50 centimeters per second.
The moving sea ice forces the ocean to move which sets ...
... the last half century, attributed to progressively warmer waters, directly provoked acceleration of the rate of arctic sea ice drift, long considered by scientists as a bellwether of climate change.
