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501-510 of 987 results for Arctic Ice

Expecting the Unexpected: Abrupt Climate Change

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

current unknowns and lingering questions about the sensitivity of the cryosphere (or areas of ice and snow) and how some species in the ecosystem have the ability to adapt to new conditions while oth ...

After 2000-era plateau, global methane levels hitting new highs

Section: News & Features

Published: July 11, 2017

step back. "The region most sensitive to increased methane emissions from climate change is the Arctic," says Ed Dlugokencky, a research chemist with NOAA's Earth System Research Center. Deep layers o ...

Climate Variability: North Atlantic Oscillation

Section: News & Features

Published: August 30, 2009

and increased storminess. The North Atlantic Oscillation is often strongly correlated with the Arctic Oscillation, which describes hemisphere-wide shifts in atmospheric pressure between the Arctic and ...

Winter outlook 2020-2021: a look back

Section: News & Features

Published: March 25, 2021

that knocked the polar vortex off-kilter. This stratospheric tumult (and corresponding negative Arctic Oscillation) likely influenced a record-breaking Arctic blast across the central United States du ...

Glaciers Then and Now

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

correct. "Continental Glacier" is an ambiguous term, and although it is used as a synonym for ice sheet (e.g. in the Wikipedia entry on glaciers), it also refers to a glacier of any size located in a ...

Data Snapshots: Sea Surface Temperature on August 19, 2014

Section: News & Features

Published: August 21, 2014

a combination of satellite measurements, readings taken by ships and buoys, and maps of sea ice concentration. To produce the daily map, a computer algorithm merges the observations from all three so ...

Temperature and precipitation outlooks for February 2020

Section: News & Features

Published: February 5, 2020

the Climate Prediction Center had this to say:. There is currently a strong polar vortex in the Arctic stratosphere with the signal extending through much of the troposphere. Statistically a strong st ...

NOAA experts and science on world stage at COP26 UN Climate Summit

Section: News & Features

Published: November 1, 2021

emissions. Hosted within the COP26 Cryosphere Pavilion, this event is co-organized by the Arctic Council Working Groups, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), NOAA's Pacific Marine En ...

Low snow drives Iditarod north for third time

Section: News & Features

Published: March 13, 2017

warm places. Alaska is our nation's poster child for that rule, thanks to the process of " Arctic amplification" of climate change. As temperatures rise and sea ice and snow melt, the darker water and ...

Cooling factors

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

teach about albedo. Educator may need to look further into albedo - open water also reflects and ice also absorbs, but it's the relative effect; also explore with students how albedo works. Educator ...