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Greenland ice loss is over 300 billion tons per year. That is not a lot, compared to Greenland's total ice mass, but the loss rate is accelerating. In 2002 Greenland ice loss was only 137 billion tons per year.
Antarctica is also losing ice. You may hear people insist the sea ice extent has been increasing, which is perfectly true, but the volume of ice continues to decrease. Imagine a person pouring a glass of water on concrete, the claiming there is more water because the water surface area is greater than it was in the glass.
All the glaciers in the Alps (Europe), Rocky Mountains & Cascades (western US), and Andes (south America) are retreating. Glaciers on isolated mountain slopes like Kilimanjaro, in Africa, are also in retreat. Glacial ice in Kamchatka is in retreat, with the exception of a few glaciers on volcanic slopes. 93% of the glaciers in the Himalayas (southwestern Asia and northern India) are in retreat. The Zemestan Glacier has lost 10% of its length in the past 40 years. A few of the inner Himalayan glaciers have not been shedding ice so rapidly. The Gangotri Glacier in India, for example, has lost only half a mile of ice in the past 30 years.
Essentially, just about everywhere in the world the ice is melting, and that ice melt is attributable to global warming. The one notable exception is in the Karakoram Range of the Himalayas, in which nearly half of the 40 glaciers there have not undergone significant retreat. Part of the reason may be that many of these are insulated by rocky overburden, slowing their rate of decline. The extreme elevation of these glaciers is another key factor.
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∙ 11y ago- Areas of cropland.
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- Glaciers.
- Ice-caps.
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∙ 14y agothe ice going to melt and the sea leave rise up so there would be more water in sea so tthere would be more flood
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∙ 12y agoless light is reflected when there is less ice
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∙ 11y agoIcebergs are melting because of global warming.
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What effect does littering have on the earth?
Littering affects the Earth in many ways for example littering causes global warming. Global warming means that the earth's temperature is rising and melting the ice burgs. Another reason it is bad for the Earth is that it is ripping a hole in the Ozone layer. The Ozone layer protects us from the full power of the suns rays if it was to go we would all burn to death. Pollution is another thing. people are pouring sewage into rivers and throwing their rubbish into rivers without care. This causes all the fish in the river to die. Littering,pollution and many more destroy animals homes and kill animals.
What evidence proves that the Earth isn't warming up?
To accurately gain information upon whether the globe truly is warming up, one must check many sources of data from a variety of sources. CO2 levels over the years can be recorded from drilling into ice, tree rings can tell us a bit about temperature over the years, the sources are quite numerous and all seem to suggest that there is a continued warming of the planet.If one example is requested, I would note the continued loss of ice at the poles. This loss of habitat and disturbance of sea currents (most notably the Gulf Stream) could spell disaster on many fronts and is one of many indications of global warming/climate change.There can be no better evidence than the temperature records themselves. The year 2010 had the warmest global average temperature on record, fractionally warmer than 2005 and 1998, but as the difference is slight, the three years are regarded as the equal hottest. The past decade was the warmest since instrumental measurement began in 1850, and the ten warmest years since 1850 have now all occurred since 1998.we have proof because as the years go on it gets hotter and hotter....Go to Discovery.com and look up global warming or videos from scientists and photographers showing the ice melting by taking pictures each day over years. View all of them. You will have your answer and proof. -RJ.
If the earth ceased to rotate what would be the effect on winds?
Much the same as today - the global winds rise at the Equator and flow to the Poles, where they chill and flow north again.So in your non-spinning Earth, they would flow from the stationary hot spot, to the new cold spot on the opposite side of the earth, from where they would descend (due to gravity) and flow towards the hot spot again.[Gravity would be in effect, for soon a mountain of ice would rise at the new cold spot.]
How do new space technology developments influence our lives?
It allows for the possibility to learn stuff about the history or future our planet that we couldn't know otherwise. For example, technology that we use on Mars could tell us how our world can come to a close.Space technology is affecting us in all sorts of ways. In many ways it is saving lives due to technology development to do with first aid in space and it is also benefiting athletes due to sports equipment they use. Solar powered cars we also an amazing development due to space technology, by using these cars we can STOP global warming. We NEED to STOP and think about how we are effecting our planet because you say we have to live our life to the full, live in the present but soon our future will be our present. Get out there and stop global warming, stop the next ice age and get moving trying to save our planet.
How do sunspots effect the earth?
We suspect that sunspots do not affect global warming and there is no evidence that they do. The Maunder Minimum ( in sunspot activity ) does coincides with the middle and coldest part of the Little Ice Age ( see Wikipedia on LIA ). But we know that the solar output during sunspot active regions vs sunspot inactive times is a difference of less than one tenth of one percent. This is statistically insignificant and scientists do not consider it a cause for the Little Ice Age.Warming and cooling cycles are related to temperature variations on planets, but only in relation to the specific gas concentrations on those planets. Venus, Earth and Mars vary in many similar aspects, but not at the same time frame. This implies that the sun, which they all have in common, is not a primary factor for temperature variations.While it may be true that sunspots do not directly affect Earth's temperatures enough to account for the recent period of global warming, there is an indirect effect that some researchers have verified.Straight heat is not the only thing that the sun emits. There's a "solar wind" that is more active during periods of high sunspot activity. This solar wind "shields" (I put that in quotes because, in this case, the shielding is not such a good thing) the Earth from certain cosmic rays. These cosmic rays, when they enter our atmosphere, excite certain atmospheric molecules in such a way that they become more likely to be "seeds" for high-level cloud formation. These high-level clouds block sunlight from reaching the surface, thereby reducing temperatures. But when the sun is in a period of high sunspot activity, fewer of these cosmic rays get through, and fewer clouds form, and temperatures rise. We are in a period now of very low (zero, I believe) sunspot activity. So more cosmic rays are getting through, and more high-level clouds forming.Very little. A number of independent measurements of solar activity which is strongly related to sunspot number indicates the sun has shown a slight cooling trend since 1960, over the same period that global temperatures have been warming. Over the last 35 years of global warming, sun and climate have been moving in opposite directions. An analysis of solar trends concluded that the sun has actually contributed a slight cooling influence in recent decades.It has been speculated that solar activity could also be related to cosmic rays and subsequently to cloud cover and temperature, the same applies, and this is addressed in my previous answer. All these solar phenomena have been decreasing whilst temperature has been increasing from around 1975.The intensity of solar radiation is highly correlated with sunspot numbers since both sets of measurements began. (see link solar cycle data). I have added this clarification.Quote "It is shown that the contribution of solar variability to the temperature trend since 1987 is small and downward; the best estimate is −1.3% and the 2σ confidence level sets the uncertainty range of −0.7 to −1.9%. The result is the same if one quantifies the solar variation using galactic cosmic ray fluxes (for which the analysis can be extended back to 1953) or the most accurate total solar irradiance data composite" (Lockwood 2008).2009 and 2010 were very inactive years for the sun, yet very high temperatures were recorded the last year being a record year by many criteria. The last decade was also the warmest on record.From 1900 to the 1960s the sunspot count has been upward; from the 1960s to the present, it has diminished somewhat. The number of sunspots correlates with the intensity of solar flux since 1979, when satellite measurements became available.In Conclusion, "while the sun contributed to warming in the early 20th Century, it has had little contribution (most likely negative) in the last few decades"If you are still in any doubt, see the attached graph Temperature v Solar Activity.______________________________________________________________It should be pointed out that the IPCC claims that the science behind solar variation and it's ability to cause temperature change on our planet are still "poorly understood". This means that anyone that says they have a good grasp on the subject or they know one way or another, is wrong. We simply do not know. There has always been a connection between sunspots and temp. but the evidence in either direction is not conclusive.
How do humans effect resources?
We are causing global warming which is melting the ice.
How do humans effect Greenland's resources?
We are causing global warming which is melting the ice.
How would global warming effect penguins homes?
The ice would melt
Global warming is accelerated by the reduction of global snow and ice cover?
Global warming is accelearated by the reduction of global snow and ice cover?
What could be the effect of global warming of the polar ice caps melt?
Sea levels will rise.
Occur when the Earth comes out of an ice age?
Global Warming
What role does Polar ice do for the earth?
It provides a habitat for polar bears, an iconic creature for global warming. The ice also acts as a serious reflector of solar radiation (the albedo effect), slowing the speed of global warming.
How will global warming effect polar ice caps?
The Heat From The Sun (Global Warming) Will Melt The Polar Ice Caps; This Will Make The Sea Levels Rise And Animals Such As Polar Bears And Penguins May Become Endangered.
How can earth be in the middle of an ice age when it is experiencing global warming?
Global Warming is causing another Ice age.
What is the cause of the warming of the atmosphere?
Global Warming. Due to global warming, ice in the polar region is melting
How does the BP oil spill contribute to global warming?
The BP oil spill has very little to do with Global Warming or how fast the arctic ice floes melt. Its main effect is pollution.
What is the connection of global warming into creation of an ice age?
Global warming may postpone the oncoming next ice age.
