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Can melting glaciers increase ocean acidity?
No. Melting glaciers add clean fresh water to the oceans, so their melting decreases ocean acidity.
Is antartika occean is full of glacier?
Yes, the Antarctica ocean is full of glaciers. However, over the years the glaciers are melting away. The cause of the melting is said to be global warming.
Why does the ocean gain acid when glaciers melt?
Melting glaciers are associated with elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, hence, the oceans become more acidic.
How will global warming cause the sea level to rise and the low lying coastal regions to flood?
Global warming is melting glaciers and ice caps and causing ocean waters to warm and expand. This means that sea-levels will rise causing permanent flooding.
Why do you need glaciers?
A heck of a lot of people depend on the seasonal melting water from glaciers. Some places get the majority of their water from this. And, some glaciers keep streams cool enough for salmon and other wildlife to live. Also, if the glaciers melt, the ocean level would rise about 230 feet, and that would threaten all shorelines and coastal cities. And, less snow and ice on the surface of the earth would give the earth a lower albedo, which could, in turn, speed up global warming.
Can melting glaciers increase ocean acidity?
No. Melting glaciers add clean fresh water to the oceans, so their melting decreases ocean acidity.
How can ocean get bigger?
An ocean can become bigger when glaciers start melting (Global Warming does this)
What would have the greatest effect on sea level a melting glacier or a melting iceberg?
Glaciers. Ice bergs would have very little impact on ocean level, beyond thermal contraction from heat dissipation. The reason is that ice bergs, like boats, already displace a volume of water equal to their weight. Glaciers predominantly rest above the ocean surface, and their melt water runoff entirely increases the ocean volume.
Is antartika occean is full of glacier?
Yes, the Antarctica ocean is full of glaciers. However, over the years the glaciers are melting away. The cause of the melting is said to be global warming.
What effect does global warming have on water?
the oceans levels are rising and the ocean is getting warmer the oceans level is rising cause the ice is melting.
How did the growth of glaciers affect water level in the oceans?
when glacier runs into the ocean it causes the water level to rise. just like when we add ice cubes to a glass of water. but when the icebergs melts water level remains the same. like when the ice cubes melt in a glass of water. it does not increase the amount of water in the glass. global warming is causing glaciers to run into the ocean causing water level to rise.
What is the definition of the rise in sea level?
It refers to the gradual melting of glaciers and ice caps on the poles of the Earth. As this ice melts, it is causing the overall level of the ocean to rise causing coastal communities to potentially become flooded.
What trends have been seen in ice glaciers?
Glaciers have been melting at an incredibly fast pace due to greenhouse gas emissions from around the globe. This excess of freshwater has been throwing off the consistency of salt water to fresh water in the ocean and raising the water level.
How would glaciers be affected by changes in climate such as global warming and global cooling?
In global warming, the glaciers would melt, then they would flow into the ocean, then they could affect ocean currents, changing the climate, in some areas. And with global cooling, there would be more glaciers, depleting the ocean waters.
Give three areas in the ocean where salinity may be less than average?
Around the mouth of rivers and glaciers, or where an ice shelf is melting.
Is there any water in Svalbard?
Svalbard is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean. There is plenty of running water in the summer with melt streams from glaciers and melting snow.
What does runoff include?
Water also reaches the ocean as runoff from the surface. Runoff includes flow from rivers as well as melting snowfields and glaciers.
