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71-80 of 1003 results for Arctic Ice

Despite Antarctic Gains, Global Sea Ice Is Shrinking

Section: News & Features

Published: March 5, 2019

annual cycle of global ice extent is more in line with the annual cycle of Antarctic ice than Arctic ice. The global minimum ice extent occurs in February, as does the Antarctic minimum extent. The gl ...

2013 Arctic sea ice minimum compared to the new "normal"

Section: News & Features

Published: September 24, 2013

period, but inside the bounds of normal for the new baseline period. In fact, summertime Arctic sea ice extents for most of the last decade fell outside the 1979-2000 baseline period, but only the ext ...

Will the Arctic be free of summer sea ice in 30 years?

Section: News & Features

Published: May 13, 2010

now) |. September (now) |. March in 30 Years |. September in 30 Years. Related Links. Future of Arctic Sea Ice and Global Impacts website. References . Wang, M., and J. E. Overland (2009): A sea i ...

The atmosphere and Arctic sea ice: Who's the dog, and who's the tail?

Section: News & Features

Published: September 26, 2019

Blackport, R, J. A. Screen, K. van der Wiel, and R. Bintanja. Minimal influence of reduced Arctic sea ice on coincident cold winters in mid-latitudes. Nature Climate Change, 9, 697-704 (2019). ...

Arctic Climate Feedbacks

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

of the Surface Albedo Feedback, a positive feedback loop, and how it relates to a warming Arctic climate. The video clearly explains and illustrates albedo. It also defines positive and negative feedb ...

Summer's over in the Arctic: sea ice extent sixth smallest on record

Section: News & Features

Published: September 23, 2014

and adapt to changes still to come. *According to the NSIDC news release:. Please note that the Arctic sea ice extent number is preliminary—changing winds could still push the ice extent lower. NSIDC ...

Very little old sea ice remains in the Arctic

Section: News & Features

Published: December 13, 2013

record have occurred in the last seven years, part of the evidence of the decades-long trend in Arctic warming. But surface area isn't the only quality of the ice that is changing. Wind and ocean circ ...

Arctic Report Card: Update for 2019

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: March 2, 2021

of warming air temperatures, declining sea ice, and warming waters. This 2019 update to the Arctic Report Card draws particular attention to the Bering Sea region, where declining winter sea ice exemp ...

2013 Arctic Report Card: Only 7 percent of the ice cover at the end of winter 2013 was old, thick ice

Section: News & Features

Published: December 9, 2013

in just two years: 2011 to 2013. More information can be found in the Sea Ice chapter of the Arctic Report Card: Update for 2013. Map by NOAA Climate. gov team, based on data provided by Mark Tschudi, ...

Ice coverage nearly nonexistent across the Great Lakes, as the historical peak approaches

Section: News & Features

Published: February 16, 2024

to well-above average warmth across the region in December, paired with the lack of any major Arctic air blasts. In early January, we discussed how volatile winter ice cover on the lakes can be and th ...