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Environmentally, Antarctica serves as the 'heat sink' for the excess heat on earth. As well, it is the continent with the least pollution, and serves as the center for scientific study about the health of planet earth. About 70% of the earth's fresh water is stored in its ice sheet, representing about 90% of the earth's ice.
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∙ 14y agoAntarctica is affected because people visit there and leave behind waste and pollution !
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When does antarctica have the minimum extent of sea ice?
March.
What are some human activities that don't affect Antarctica?
There really are no human activities that don't affect Antarctica.
What is the maximum extent of sea ice in Antarctica?
During winter, the Southern Ocean sea ice freezes, essentially doubling the size of Antarctica. The extent of the sea ice is about 17 to 20 million square kilometers.
Dose the sun refleket on the ic to make it cold in antarctica?
No, but the reflectivity of the ice in Antarctica contributes to some extent to the lowering of the temperature there.
What is the latitudinal extent Antarctica?
90 degree S and 0 degree E
How do tourists have a minimum affect on Antarctica?
There are hardly any tourists that go to Antarctica
How do people affect antarctica?
They do things
What is longitudinal extent of Antarctica?
All lines of longitude on earth converge at the South Pole. Circling it, you can 'walk around the world'.
Where is antarctica to the rest of the world?
Antarctica is south of the rest of the world.
Does the weather affect the hours of daylight in antarctica?
No. Weather does not affect the sun.
Does tourisim in antarctica affect it?
showing people Antarctica will help them to reduce greenhouse gases
Is Pacific Ocean a part of Antarctica?
No. Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the Southern Ocean, the extent of which is poorly defined insofar as its join with the Pacific Ocean.
