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231-240 of 1004 results for Arctic Ice

Shrub Takeover One Sign of Arctic Change

Section: News & Features

Published: January 18, 2012

Patterned-ground facilitates conversion of tundra to shrubland in the northwest Siberian Low Arctic. Manuscript in progress. Myers-Smith, I. H., Forbes, B. C., Wilmking, M., Hallinger, M., Lantz, T., ...

First month of Northern Hemisphere spring 2021 was warmer than average across the globe

Section: News & Features

Published: April 14, 2021

America received less than 100% of their normal March precipitation. March is the month when Arctic sea ice usually hits its maximum winter extent, and this year's ice extent—the area of the ocean whe ...

Faces of Climate Change: Introduction

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: September 17, 2024

being observed in the region over seasonal and longer term time scales. Rates of change in the Arctic vs. other places is well described. Nice overview of weather vs. climate. Comments from expert sci ...

How Does Melting Ice Affect Sea Level?

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

between melting sea ice vs land ice. Comments from expert scientist: This activity shows that ice melting on land will raise sea level and that sea ice melting will not raise sea level. Good for the ...

Summer Heat Unravels Arctic's Icy Blanket

Section: News & Features

Published: August 22, 2011

the last full month of data available - ice loss slowed down for a short time, but current Arctic sea ice extent is hovering just above levels seen in 2007, the lowest year since the satellite records ...

Amazing Expanding Ice

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

a lesson on energy flow in water. The topic is rigorously covered if couched in the "All About Ice" curriculum for younger audiences, with multiple pages of a journal that the students fill out. Teac ...

In the coastal communities near the Bering Strait, a winter unlike the rest

Section: News & Features

Published: April 16, 2018

winter sea ice conditions in the waters around the Bering Strait was made by the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) in collaboration with NOAA. IARC is one of several research facilities at t ...

Long Distance Relationships: the Arctic and North Atlantic Oscillations

Section: News & Features

Published: March 28, 2011

linked to the North Atlantic Oscillation are visible in the same maps used to illustrate the Arctic Oscillation. The similarity makes sense: many meteorologists consider the North Atlantic Oscillation ...

Several Great Lakes experience record-warm water temperatures heading into winter

Section: News & Features

Published: December 9, 2024

Fahrenheit, 4.4 and 5.1 degrees respectively above normal for early December. Will Great Lakes ice cover be low again this year? Last year's record-low ice cover on the Great Lakes was largely due to ...

State of the Climate 2009

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: December 2, 2024

on record (at that time; new records have been set since then). Discusses how reduced extent of Arctic sea ice, glacier volume, and snow cover reflect the effects of rising global temperature. Report ...