Global Sea Ice Hits a New Low
Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the planet cool. It also acts like a blanket for the ocean, insulating it and preventing ocean heat from reaching the atmosphere. Less sea ice means more heat goes in Earth’s systems, warming the atmosphere and the oceans.
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Ocean Ice Melting At Alarming RatesMuch of the ice in the Arctic winter is known as multiyear ice because it can be built up over periods as long as a decade.
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...
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Polar sea ice continues steep decline; but will a troubled world notice?Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...
UD doctoral student Tianyu Zhou is pictured on the right using a shovel to remove snow that covers the sea ice during a ...
“the Gulf Stream is essentially a river of water that's flowing faster than the ocean around it.” The same thing happens in ice sheets. Most of the ice moves very slowly, but in some places, the ...
Researchers found increased meltwater and rain explain 60% of a decades-long mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica.
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