Sea ice arises as seawater freezes. Because ice is less dense than water, it floats on the ocean's surface (as does fresh water ice, which has an even... 35 KB (4,667 words) - 14:44, 27 March 2024 |
Arctic Ocean (redirect from Arctic Sea) covered by sea ice throughout the year and almost completely in winter. The Arctic Ocean's surface temperature and salinity vary seasonally as the ice cover... 65 KB (6,952 words) - 13:34, 29 April 2024 |
Cryosphere (section Sea ice) "ice" and σφαῖρα sphaira, "globe, ball") is an all-encompassing term for the portions of Earth's surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice... 28 KB (8,418 words) - 22:44, 3 April 2024 |
sea ice is the sea ice of the Southern Ocean. It extends from the far north in the winter and retreats to almost the coastline every summer. Sea ice is... 16 KB (1,811 words) - 10:06, 30 April 2024 |
Measurement of sea ice is important for safety of navigation and for monitoring the environment, particularly the climate. Sea ice extent interacts with... 30 KB (3,442 words) - 09:19, 9 February 2024 |
Climate of the Arctic (section Sea ice) covered by ice (sea ice, glacial ice, or snow) year-round, and nearly all parts of the Arctic experience long periods with some form of ice on the surface... 62 KB (8,572 words) - 00:13, 16 March 2024 |
it feeds its young only while on ice. The grey seal is adapted to reproducing also with no ice in the sea. The sea ice also harbors several species of... 109 KB (11,174 words) - 19:45, 29 April 2024 |
Arctic ice pack is the sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean and its vicinity. The Arctic ice pack undergoes a regular seasonal cycle in which ice melts in... 14 KB (1,391 words) - 09:10, 9 February 2024 |
Ice algae are any of the various types of algal communities found in annual and multi-year sea, and terrestrial lake ice or glacier ice. On sea ice in... 39 KB (4,802 words) - 20:00, 4 January 2024 |
Polar bear (redirect from Ice Bear) dependence on marine ecosystems. They prefer the annual sea ice but live on land when the ice melts in the summer. They are mostly carnivorous and specialized... 95 KB (12,387 words) - 20:18, 24 April 2024 |
Ice–albedo feedback is a climate change feedback, where a change in the area of ice caps, glaciers, and sea ice alters the albedo and surface temperature... 29 KB (3,514 words) - 17:38, 11 April 2024 |
polar ice cap visible (courtesy NASA) Earth's North Pole is covered by floating pack ice (sea ice) over the Arctic Ocean. Portions of the ice that do... 12 KB (1,504 words) - 11:04, 27 April 2024 |
North Pole (section Climate, sea ice at North Pole) waters that are almost permanently covered with constantly shifting sea ice. The sea depth at the North Pole has been measured at 4,261 m (13,980 ft) by... 68 KB (7,669 words) - 08:11, 24 April 2024 |
Icebreaker (redirect from Ice breaker) hull, an ice-clearing shape, and the power to push through sea ice. Icebreakers clear paths by pushing straight into frozen-over water or pack ice. The bending... 40 KB (4,987 words) - 08:56, 23 April 2024 |
Drift ice, also called brash ice, is sea ice that is not attached to the shoreline or any other fixed object (shoals, grounded icebergs, etc.). Unlike... 6 KB (766 words) - 10:55, 14 February 2024 |
Arctic Ocean resulting in more ice melting. The summer 2007 event played an important role in the record low sea ice extent which was recorded in September... 11 KB (1,323 words) - 22:46, 18 August 2023 |
Narwhal (redirect from Sea unicorn) weather and ice conditions are not always associated with narwhal movement toward open water. It is currently unclear to what extent sea ice changes pose... 79 KB (8,132 words) - 11:20, 29 April 2024 |
important as a fishing ground although the sea is ice-bound for all but two months of the year. The Kara Sea contains the East-Prinovozemelsky field (an... 19 KB (3,179 words) - 17:36, 15 April 2024 |