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Temperature and pressure is the answer. Also, a piece of ice will melt faster when there is more surface area like with a hollow ice cube.

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What causes polar ice to melt?

Melting of the ice caps Global warming causes the ice caps to melt. As they melt, the moving water corrodes at the remaining ice, speeding up the process.


What causes the earth to retain heat and could cause the ice caps to melt?

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Will cutting trees cause tsunamis?

No, it would not. However, cutting trees causes global warming. Global warming causes the polar ice caps to melt. When the ice caps melt, the sea level would rise. If the sea level rises, floods would occur. However, floods are not tsunamis, but tsunami causes floods. Therefore, we can conclude that cutting of trees will cause floods, which are about the same effects of a tsunami.


If the ice caps melted what would the governments plan be?

If the ice caps melted, there would be a huge problem. Government should think before they melt.


When ice melts what does it leave behind?

When the ice caps melt, it leaves water behind. If all the of the icecaps melt, it will rise the ocean level 20ft.


What is it called when sea levels rise and ice caps melt?

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What would most directly cause ice caps to melt?

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