The young teen climbs up the stairs and smiles. Looking down at her phone‚ she doesn’t realize that she just killed a polar bear. She runs back downstairs‚ realizing she left the faucet on‚ and the lights too‚ but it is too late. This is carbon Footprints and climate change are real‚ and this is it. If the climate change keeps changing at this level‚ the polar caps will melt. Even the slightest spike in your carbon footprint can negatively impact the environment. This is not some extraterrestrial
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of Climate Change Relating To Polar Ice Climate changes occur naturally over long periods of time on Earth‚ and it has been this way throughout Earth’s history. Currently‚ anthropological influences on earth have triggered a quickening rise in global temperatures and this in turn is causing a rapid change in earth’s climate. One of the major changes currently happening on earth is the melting of the polar ice caps. Major impacts relating to the melting of the polar ice caps include changes in ocean
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it is not going to happen in the future‚ but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions.” Al Gore According to the National Snow and Ice Data (NSIDC)‚ since 1979 the arctic sea ice minimum extent has shrunk by more than 50% and even greater amounts of ice have been lost in the corresponding thinning of the ice. Many scientists are now agreeing that the Arctic may be completely ice-free during the summers as soon as the end of this decade. This will undoubtedly
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* As the polar ice caps melt‚ the sea levels around the world will rise. * When the sea levels did rise‚ many islands would be lost and‚ because most of the islands are poor‚ they may not be able to be evacuated in time. It is predicted that places such as London‚ Los Angeles‚ New York‚ Tokyo and Shanghai‚ were millions of the world’s population live‚ will find themselves submerged in icy water. * In 100 years‚ the sea level has been believed to rise over 6 inches. Scientists have predicted
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There are five causes of climate‚ latitude‚ elevation‚ ocean/wind currents‚ terrain and closeness to large bodies of water. There are many types of climates. Two interesting climates are the Mediterranean climate and Ice Cap climates. These two climates are very different. The Ice cap climate is located only near the poles‚ while the Mediterranean climate is mostly located on the western sides of continents. The first climate is Mediterranean. This climate is located between the 30 and 45 degree
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to understand the difference between climate and weather. Climate‚ as defined by Webster’s Dictionary is “the average course or condition of the weather at a place over a period of years as exhibited by tepemperature‚ wind velocity‚ and precipition” while weather is the “state of the atmosphere with respectto heat or cold‚ wetness or dryness‚ calm or storm‚ clearness or cloudiness” (Webster). Therefore climate describes the weather over time. Climate change and global warming are frequently used
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Climate Change Effects on Artic Polar Bears Kenneth Halvorsen COM/156 09/30/2012 Jocelyn Henson Climate Change Effects on Artic Polar Bears Climate warming and ecological changes have caused a significant threat to the declining population of polar bears in the Arctic which is affecting human habitats Polar bears‚ the largest of the terrestrial carnivores‚ live on the Arctic ice for the majority of the year. The icy habitat allows polar bears to hunt for their primary prey - seals.
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Melting Ice Caps The Arctic is global warming’s canary in the coal mine. It is a highly sensitive area which is profoundly affected by the changing climate. The average temperature in the Arctic is rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world (nrdc.org). Because of this‚ the ice cap is getting thinner‚ melting away‚ and rupturing. Here is an example of this; the largest ice block in the Arctic‚ the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf‚ had been around for 3000 years before it started cracking in 2000 (nrdc
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and Antarctic ice is a result of climate change. This climate change includes the decline of sea ice‚ rising temperatures and the melting of the Greenland ice sheet and the Antarctic ice sheet. The Antarctic Ice Sheet covers around ninety-eight percent of the Antarctic continent and is the largest body of ice on earth. The Greenland Ice Sheet is the second largest body of ice; it covers more than eighty percent of Greenland. The Ward-Hunt Ice Shelf is the largest single block of ice in the Arctic
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temperature accumulates to an amount which can severely effect the climate of the planet. The greenhouse
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