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What would happen if arctic melt?
The ocean would rise. You should rent an inconvienient truth, It's a really good movie and explains it in much better detail than i can... including which places would flood and how severly and just about EVERYTHING. Read More »
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What causes ice to melt in the arctic?
The bulk of this loss is blamed on global warming, inferring that man is involved. The current warming trend started 11,500 years ago according to Greenland data and commonly accepted scientific data. The data we have for the arctic only st... Read More »
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How does polar ice melting affect the Arctic?
With the polar ice melting the Arctic is for one getting larger and all the polar bears are dieing :( poor polar bears :( Read More »
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Due to global warming, the Arctic ice caps are melting, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The burning of fossil fuels and other human activities lead to the emission of greenhouse gases which, in effect, causes the ...
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Scientists have widely differing opinions on when it will completely melt
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It doesn't melt in the winter - it accumulates. In the Arctic summer, it isn't always below zero, and ice melts. Ice also melts near the shore, because of the salt in the water. Ice also disappears through sublimation, where it goes directl...
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Because the Arctic is warming rapidly. More rapidly than any other part of the planet, in fact. Source(s): http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistem…
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Actually, the sea level would not rise appreciably--at least, not at first. Arctic ice is floating in water, and when melted, takes up less volume than ice does. This is an oversimplification, though, since the climate changes accompanying ...
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The arctic melting would be an example of a positive effect on the warming of our planet. With less ice we would have less reflecting material (albedo effect) and therefore the ability to absorb more heat. To date this is not a serious issu...
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The very fact that there are ice caps in and around the Arctic means we are in an ice age. It started 2.6 million years ago and we are now in a warm period we call an interglacial. If the ice caps melted very quickly it could allow a lot of...
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