Friday, February 8, 2013

The Ice Cap Melting


  The ice cap melting is a recent problem in the environment. The melting began in the last 50 years with the global warming. The temperature rises and the ice caps melt. I choose this because it’s a problem in the environment that can raise tsunami’s probability and it can destroy hundreds of places near the ocean (Rio, Vanuatu, Japan) and the polar species.

  A polar ice cap is a high latitude region of a planet or natural satellite is covered in ice. The polar ice caps are melting because of the release of methane gas, which is a warming gas, and the slowing of the Atlantic Conveyor that brings warm water from the Gulf Stream to the North Atlantic.

  While some scientists offer that certain areas in Greenland and Antarctica are abundant with ice caps due to the increased of snowfall, they are still melting at an alarming rate.

Thiago de Moro Loures

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