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Antarctica is a desert because it never melts but now it is melting so is it a desert now?
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∙ 8y ago
Your question assumes that a desert must be hot. Antarctica's status as the largest desert on earth belies this assumption.
Deserts exist because of lack of humidity. Antarctic humidity is about five percent.
Antarctica is a desert, regardless of the amount of ice on the continent.
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What is the difference between Antarctica and the desert?
In deserts, the snow melts at summer time, however in Antarctica, the snow never melts. (From Starprof): No, that isn't exactly true. I observed melting snow at McMurdo Station in late summer. The air temperature was about 40 F. Also, some snow disappears due to sublimation. If the term desert means a place of very little precipitation, then Antarctica qualifies as a desert.
How is melting in Antarctica an issue?
When ice melts the animals lose their homes and eventually die
Where is Antarctica melting?
Antarctica is a continent, and continents do not melt. However, the ice shelves attached to 44% of the continent are disintegrating, due to the warming of the Southern Ocean. The ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent melts and freezes cyclically.
Are there deserts with snow?
Dragonz78:Yes some deserts are made of snow. Antarctica is a desert, for example, because the definition of a desert is 'a place with little/ no/ less than an inch of rainfall every year'.
Does thermal energy increase when butter melts?
Yes, because butter is melting
What countries will be covered in water when the Antarctica melts?
All of them, sadly. This is why there is the Antarctic Treaty.
Do scienetist think antarctica will melt?
Antarctica is a continent. Any melting occurs with its ice sheet. And yes, there are periods during the year when the ice melts, and other periods during the year when the moisture re-freezes.
Why do the ice shelves melt in summer in Antarctica?
Melting of Antarctica's ice shelves occurs underwater, based on warming ocean water. which melts the shelves from underneath. This phenomenon occurs all year and is not limited to summer.
If antarctica melts how does that effect England?
If Antarctica melts, it will effect us because the worlds sea level will rise, can cause floods in London from the river Thames.
Is ice melting an example of chemical?
No. It is water before it melts and it is water after it melts, so melting water is a physical thing, not chemical.
A substance melts at 375 Celsius What is the melting point on the Fahrenheit scale?
A substance melts at 375 Celsius. What is the melting point on the Fahrenheit scale?
What is the process when a solid turns into a liquid?
MELTING!!!!!!!!! When the solid object turns into a liquid it melts because of heat.
