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Satellite images show that the area covered by arctic sea ice is diminishing. Scientists say that the fabled North-West Passage may soon be clear for shipping.
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What do you mean by melting of icebergs?
icebergs disappearing because its too hot....
How does global warming affect icebergs?
Icebergs are made of ice and since the greenhouse gases are making the earth warmer the icebergs are melting.
What are four ways in which fresh water is naturally added to seawater decreasing its salinity?
Precipitation, runoff from land, icebergs melting, and sea ice melting.
How do icebergs work?
Icebergs are simply bigger or smaller chunks of glaciers or shelf ice that breaks off and drift away. Usually they drift towards the equator, melting slowly as they go, until they disappear.
Why don't the icebergs in Antarctica melt?
Actually, they do melt and they move around.
What do you mean by melting of icebergs?
icebergs disappearing because its too hot....
How does global warming affect icebergs?
Icebergs are made of ice and since the greenhouse gases are making the earth warmer the icebergs are melting.
What would happen if the icebergs started melting?
Icebergs are already melting, but they only add very slightly to sea level rise (Icebergs are fresh water, which is slightly less dense than sea water).
Will the melting of icebergs flood your coast?
No. Icebergs are in the water already, so their melting does not raise sea levels.Glaciers and land ice when they melt do raise the sea levels.
How do melting icebergs contribute to the Antarctic waters?
Melting icebergs anywhere on earth contribute to elevated ocean levels. This is also true in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica.
Why is a polar bear threatend?
Due to global warming, the icebergs are melting. If the icebergs melt, the ploar bears will become extinct due to the fact that many of them live on icebergs.
What process does not add salt to seawater?
Precipitation, land water runoff and the melting of icebergs do not add salts to seawater.
Are icebergs affected by climate change?
Yes, icebergs are breaking off from ice shelves, floating away and then melting. Global warming is causing the atmosphere to be warmer and this is melting the ice.
What are the effects of icebergs melting?
Icebergs melting adds fresh water to the oceans. Icebergs are floating already, so when they melt they do not cause a rise in sea levels. Glaciers and land ice, like the Greenland ice-cap, and any ice on Antarctica, do cause a rise in sea levels when they melt.
What are the preventions in melting of icebergs?
Nobody tries to stop the melting o icebergs. Once they are formed and drifting i the ocean they are a hazard to shipping. What people do is try to stop the formation of icebers by protecting the ice sheets from melting due to global climate change. This is done by reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emitted to the atmosphere.
What are four ways in which fresh water is naturally added to seawater decreasing its salinity?
Precipitation, runoff from land, icebergs melting, and sea ice melting.
How do Antarctic icebergs keep changing?
Icebergs once calved off the glaciers that breed them, respond to liquid water by melting and changing their center of gravity which can turn them upside down.
