Arctic shrinkage

in some places they won 't even have any water. Sea level rises, the storm surge will affect the Mega Delta Zhujiang, which can stimulate river flooding, along with the decline of China 's precipitation decline and the droughts of China 's delta region. As Sea Ice is going to melt is going to cause the Earth to get warmer and when that happens, it can cause a lot of melting (Shaftel). The summertime days are going to get more severe in temperature, which can cause the wintertime recovery of the summer to get more difficult. What does this mean? It means that warming in the Arctic is going to be faster than expected, the Perennial Sea Ice cover has now declined by 7.8% every decade, if this trend continues to happen the Arctic could eventually disappear in the year 2030. Light affects much of how warm Sea Ice is because dark colors can absorb the sunlight making the water much more. The Arctic Climate Assessment Report have stated that the Polar region is going to face one of the biggest changes, for example, physical, ecological, sociological, and economical impacts. Greenlands enormous ice caps are decreasing in mass size, and in order to forestall that we must know one of the reasons that its melting and it is a result of the rise of global temperatures. Statistics have shown that Greenland has lost 150-250 cubic kilometers of ice per year. In the year April 2002 the ice sheets of Greenland were 1,490.68 billion metric tons were above the average ice sheets, in…

Whoever said diamonds were a girl’s best friend never owned a dog! The Siberian Husky is an extraordinary dog breed. In order for this breed of dog to exist there must have been reproduction among other animals to create this breed. The Siberian Husky is said to have been originated from Chukchi, which is a tribe of Siberian nomads (Siberian Husky, 2013). The Chukchi tribe created huskies for their own existence. Chukchi lived in hostile climates in the word were temperatures reached as low as…

Polar bears, also known as the Ursus maritimus, are mammals that are found in some of the Earth’s harshest environments. They have adapted to surviving in sub-zero temperatures and living on ice. However, these fascinating creatures are being plagued by population loss that is caused by a variety of things, but it is mainly attributed to the disappearance of their icy habitat. To begin with, polar bears are complex creatures. Polar bears are found in Canada, the United States (Alaska),…

Have you ever wondered what animals live in the Arctic Tundra? Well a lot of animals live there and there’s a lot of places where the Arctic Tundra is located, but I’m talking about the amazing polar bear. There’s nothing that can even compare to them, that goes for the Arctic Tundra as well. The Arctic Tundra is found in a variety of locations; across Northern Alaska, Canada, and in Siberia. I’m talking about the Alaskan tundra though. The Arctic Tundra has a very unique climate, long cold…

Polar bears Each fall, hundreds of polar bears migrate past this chilly hamlet, waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze over so they can venture onto the sea ice to pounce on unsuspecting seals. In the summer, instead of disappearing into carpets of wildflowers that blanket the tundra, polar bears were pawing through town dumps and wandering near the airport runway and snoozing on front porches. Those that survive the summer are at their most ravenous--and dangerous state. Starving bears often lose…

Why are the polar bears endangered? Polar bears mainly exist in arctic areas. They are at the top of the food pyramid of arctic animals. This animal is very important to the wild life because they maintain the overall health of the marine environment. However this important creature is endangered. This is because of global warming/ climate change and the failure of human activity such as oil spills and pollution. Today I am going to be focusing on the question of “ Why are the polar bears…

The article I chose is called “The Arctic has lost so much ice that now people want to race yachts through it.” This article relates to the 5 themes of geography because it uses and is involved in location, place, human-environment interaction, movement and regions. The article has an overall discussion about how the sea ice covering the top of the world reached the lowest maximum extent yet observed in winter, when ice is at its peak. This means that in the last four years, Arctic sea ice has…

Global Warming, a Reality or a Myth There is a growing concern on the conditions of the Arctic when factoring Global Warming. Most scientists believe the last 50 years of constant temperature changes in the world is due to human activity and the burning of fossil fuels. Many also take in the natural factors, for example, variations in the solar radiation, where major volcanic interactions and eruptions between the ocean and the atmosphere. Many people on earth do not understand the importance of…

Appearance, diet, habitat, natural (or introduced) predators, and reproductive habits Polar Bears live in an arctic marine ecosystem, and its native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. Polar bears have a distinctive white appearance. Their necks are much longer and their head is narrower compared to other species of bears. The front paws are large and used like paddles for swimming. Paws are heavily…

Water bears are hearty creatures, which inspire people to create useful things, such as the development of a special type of glass and a refrigerator-free form of storage. Water bears are tardigrades, and their hardiness has been put to the test. There are 900 known species of tardigrades. Water bears are also known as moss piglets. German pastor Johann August Ephraim Goeze discovered them in 1776 and named them tardigrade kleiner wasserbar, which means little water bear in German. They were…