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161-170 of 1003 results for Arctic Ice

Arctic continues to be significantly warmer than average

Section: News & Features

Published: December 9, 2015

air temperatures. (2015). In Jeffries, M. O., Richter-Menge, J., Overland, J. E. (Eds.), Arctic Report Card: Update for 2015. View more 2015 Arctic Report Card highlights. ...

Antarctic Sea Ice Variability in the Southern Ocean-Climate System

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: March 31, 2017

affecting the region, generally simulate a decrease in sea ice. Moreover, sea ice in the Arctic has exhibited pronounced declines over the same period, consistent with global climate model simulations ...

Low sea ice in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska

Section: News & Features

Published: May 23, 2017

radar. Therefore, this analysis has much higher spatial resolution (detail) than the well-known Arctic-wide sea ice maps derived from passive microwave sensors. As is typical for mid-May, ice concentr ...

Greenland Ice Sheet's 2017 weigh-in suggests a small increase in ice mass

Section: News & Features

Published: September 14, 2017

2002 self. References . National Snow and Ice Data Center quick facts on ice sheets. The Arctic Report Card 2016: Greenland Ice Sheet. End of the season summary of surface mass balance on Greenla ...

Arctic temperature patterns: 2012 and 2001-2011

Section: News & Features

Published: December 5, 2012

of ocean plant life, the Arctic is changing. At the root of these changes is the fact that Arctic surface temperatures have risen more than twice as much as temperatures at lower latitudes, a situatio ...

A Tour of the Cryosphere 2009

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

data to add to their discussions. For example, here is a [link '2016 NASA animation about Arctic ice']. Comments from expert scientist: The source of the video are NASA satellites so this is a direct ...

The Narwhal's Tale: Surviving Sea Ice Change

Section: News & Features

Published: May 25, 2012

were being caught off guard by changing sea ice conditions caused by rapid warming in the Arctic. It is too soon to tell if sea ice entrapments are a sign of a more prolonged change or trend, or if th ...

Warming waters shift fish communities northward in the Arctic

Section: News & Features

Published: December 11, 2015

ecosystems in the Barents Sea—a sub- arctic shelf sea bordering the Arctic Ocean—are warming faster than the global average, according to the 2015 Arctic Report Card, contributing to a northward shift ...

Wiggle room: why the line tracking sea ice extent is so wavy near the annual winter maximum

Section: News & Features

Published: March 23, 2017

than it is during other seasons. Around the times of their winter maximums, sea ice in both the Arctic and Antarctic experiences lots of small advances and retreats because of storm activity along the ...

Snow or Ice Extent - Graphing Tool

Section: Maps & Data

Published: January 14, 2015

over the past four decades. The graphs also enable users to compare sea ice trends between the Arctic and Antarctic regions. How do I use the site? . Use the pull down menus to select what (s ...