sea ice
Noun
Meaning
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sea ice (uncountable)
Frozen seawater.
Examples
About half of the analyzed models show near-complete to complete sea ice loss in September by the year 2100.
“As climate change accelerates melting sea ice, the potential for opening up the Arctic is increasing and this itself carries significant impacts and concerns for local Indigenous communities.”
As of May 7th, satellite imagery of sea ice in the Bering Sea still showed some shore-fast ice clinging to Shishmaref, Wales, and Nome, but none near Unalakleet.
Experts in Japan recently discovered that atmospheric conditions near Alaska can affect sea ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean months later.
Back in August when Pirazzini’s drone flights started, sea ice in the Arctic had dropped to the lowest level on record for that month.
Arctic sea ice has seen record low coverage in winter between 2015 and 2018, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).