The bulk of this loss is blamed on global warming, inferring that man is involved. The current warming trend started 11,500 years ago according to Greenland data and commonly accepted scientific data.
The data we have for the arctic only started a very short time ago and it is quite possible this small volume of loss is within the normal variations of the area.
Melt ponds are ponds of melted water on the Arctic ice that are making the ice melt more rapidly. They are not as reflective as ice or snow so they absorb more solar heat. Ponds have a reflection rate of 37% compared with ice's reflection rate of 85 to 90%. Melt ponds are found mostly on young one-year ice which is smoother.This is another example of the reducing albedo of the Arctic which is increasing global warming.
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Gas does not directly cause Ice to melt. However if you are talking about glaciers then the gas Carbon Dioxide (CO2) causes the earths atmosphere to heat up (because it traps more of the Sun's heat) and this causes glaciers to melt - because the Earths climate is hotter.
The ice under will melt because black is a good absorber and a poor radiator.
Ice will melt due to Global Warming.....Arctic sea ice (the habitat of polar bears)Antarctic land ice (raising sea levels)Mountain glaciers (cutting off the year round water feed for great rivers).
the sun
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.
No, it is impossible.
The big companies are to blame. They are using too much Carbon Dioxide, which causes it to break 'dramatic' holes in the ozone layer usually in the polar ice caps.
Application of heat makes ice melt, so global warming makes lots of ice melt.
Melt ponds are ponds of melted water on the Arctic ice that are making the ice melt more rapidly. They are not as reflective as ice or snow so they absorb more solar heat. Ponds have a reflection rate of 37% compared with ice's reflection rate of 85 to 90%. Melt ponds are found mostly on young one-year ice which is smoother.This is another example of the reducing albedo of the Arctic which is increasing global warming.
The rime
Sunlight melts it away! The rays the sun casts is enough to melt ice. also the season's are changing
When salt is added to ice, it lowers the freezing point of the ice. This causes the ice to melt, but in order to melt, it needs to absorb heat from its surroundings, which makes the ice colder.
the ozone layer keeps the earth from overheating. As our gases are released into the air the ozone layer is fading, which causes global warming. If it was destroyed, the ice in the arctic would melt and we would die of floods because if only half of the Arctic ice melts the world would overflow.
Gas does not directly cause Ice to melt. However if you are talking about glaciers then the gas Carbon Dioxide (CO2) causes the earths atmosphere to heat up (because it traps more of the Sun's heat) and this causes glaciers to melt - because the Earths climate is hotter.
Heat causes the ice to melt into water and the water evaporates into vapor.