Examples of polynya in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Researchers at the University of Toronto-Mississauga found the polynya formed on May 14, 2020. — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 15 May 2020 The Weddell polynya, however, formed much farther from shore. — Ainslie Cruickshank, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2021 The team found that, in order for a polynya to occur, there need to be a perfect storm of factors, so to speak. — Aj Willingham, CNN, 11 June 2019 Records show that the 2016 polynya originally formed at the same time a storm swept through the region. — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 11 June 2019 For instance, the deep water that upwells to the surface at a polynya can sometimes contain rich stores of carbon that have been sitting at the bottom of the ocean for hundreds or even thousands of years. — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 11 June 2019 In 2016 and 2017, a hole of open water, called a polynya, appeared in the winter ice of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. — Aj Willingham, CNN, 11 June 2019 This circulation pushes more warm water toward the surface, which keeps the polynya open. — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 12 Oct. 2017 The polynya in question opened on September 9 in a relatively shallow area of water in the Weddell Sea. — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 12 Oct. 2017

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