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A Priceless Pair of Photographs - an Alaskan Glacier [I think] - Taken from the same Vantage Point - 50 years apart.
In the First, the Glacier took up 90% of the Image. In the second, the Glacier took up just 15% of the Image.
This Q'n reflects the need to focus on Glacier loss.
All that remains is the Question "How do all of those millions who depend upon Glaciers intend to Cope after their Glacial Water is Gone?"
Here Find a Prime example of when Answers.com is irrelevant.
Lupe Hahn
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∙ 12y agoArctic sea ice melts in summer and then returns in the winter.
From 1979 to 2002 the Arctic was losing sea ice at about 3% per decade (ten years).
From 1979-2004 summer ice declined by 7.7% per decade.
Melting seems to be speeding up. In 2007 there was a record loss of sea ice. Summer ice lost 1,000,000 square kilometres, down to 4,140,000 sq km (1,600,000 sq mi), by far the lowest ever.
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∙ 10y agoEnough to fill up the Folsom lake 5 times.
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How much snow is there in Antarctica compared to Arctic?
The Arctic is a sea bed: Antarctica is a continent, and a desert with less than five percent humidity. Snow in the Arctic collects on sea ice or melts when it falls into the Arctic Ocean. There is no snow in Antarctica, rather ice crystals that blow in the constant wind.
Does the arctic tundra include glaciers?
Yes, there are many glaciers in the Arctic. They exist in places like Canada, Alaska, and in the mountains of many countries. Greenland, for example, is mostly covered by an ice sheet.
Why is the North Pole a piece of floating ice?
The North Pole is situated in the Arctic Ocean, where the temperature is never warm enough to melt the thick sea ice that freezes much of the year.
What will happen if the arctic melts vs if the antarctic melts?
The Antarctic ice could not conceivably melt entirely within the next few thousand years, because it is so large. In fact, only the small Antarctic Peninsula, to the south of South America, seems to have been noticeably affected by recent global warming. The arctic sea ice is melting, but melting sea ice does not really affect sea levels. The worst that could happen here is the extinction of the polar bear, and perhaps changing weather conditions in some parts of the northern hemisphere. Since sea ice is reflective, it has a cooling effect, so the loss of sea ice can also contribute to global warming. As the ice shelves and glaciers of the arctic region melt, sea levels will rise, as they have already begun to do.
How have animals in the Arctic been affected by the ice cap melting?
An ice cap is ice over land. There is no ice cap in the Arctic. Arctic sea ice is melting, however, more and more each year, and this is threatening the existence of the polar bears who rely on the habitat of sea ice to build up their store of body fat to last them through the (lengthening) summers.
When ice forms water its volume comes down so why would ocean levels rise if Arctic ice melts?
Much of arctic ice sits above the level of the ocean. When this ice melts it adds to the volume of the ocean without subtracting any ice volume.
How much snow is there in Antarctica compared to Arctic?
The Arctic is a sea bed: Antarctica is a continent, and a desert with less than five percent humidity. Snow in the Arctic collects on sea ice or melts when it falls into the Arctic Ocean. There is no snow in Antarctica, rather ice crystals that blow in the constant wind.
Why do arctic fish survive?
Fish do survive in Arctic region because at -4*C ice melts and exist in liquid state
What is ice that forms and then melts seasonally around the coast of Antarctica?
It's just called sea ice. If it melts every year, the term is "first year ice".
What have you learn in the film ice age?
Nothing much, but ice melts
Which will melt faster ice or ice cream?
Ice melts faster as ice cream is much more dense than ice so it melts slowerIce melts faster because there is less coldness around it. With icecream it's different.
How much more ice has the arctic over Antarctica?
There is much more ice covering Antarctica -- about 90% of the earth's store of ice -- than in the Arctic.
How is the melting of Arctic sea ice contributing to climate change?
It does? Yes, it does. Before it melts, the ice reflects the sun's rays back out into space. This is called the albedo effect. After it melts, the sun's rays land on the black waters of the Arctic Ocean, which doesn't reflect the rays, but absorbs them, and the water gets hotter. This is how the melting ice causes more warming.
Does the arctic tundra include glaciers?
Yes, there are many glaciers in the Arctic. They exist in places like Canada, Alaska, and in the mountains of many countries. Greenland, for example, is mostly covered by an ice sheet.
How much of water would there be when ice melts in glass or plastic after eighteen minutes?
It depends on how much ice you have
What is in salt that melts ice?
It is the salt itself that melts ice.
Where does the white go when ice melts?
The white doesn't go anywhere when ice melts. When ice melts, its turns into water. Ice is just frozen water.
