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Why are cold environments important? (people (affected countries are…
Why are cold environments important?
the environment
if the ice melts and the sea water gets fresher
disrupt the current 2. messes the chemicals and nutrients that the conveyer carries 3. messes the plankton 4. messes the fishes 3. messes the food for human
half of the oxygen we breath is made by the plants in the ocean
if this is messed up, we will not have enough oxygen to breathe
people
rising sea level will affect
half of the world's citizens who live on sea coasts
affected countries are
Tokyo
New York
Sao Paulo
Shanghai
Mumbal
Jakarta
if the ice all melts
sea levels will go up 70m
Inuit people are being affected
because of the European influence
being forced to remove their culture
hunting
camping
why are cold environments under threat?
the level of ice is decreasing because of
the rising temperature
caused by burning fossil fuels
transportation
building operation
industry
location
3% of the world's water is fresh
70% of the 3% is frozen
95% of them are land-based
most of the Earth's ice is contained in ice sheets that cover Greenland and Antartica
arctic is vulnerable to a warming climate
ice reflects sunlight into space because they are white, but as the world gets warner the ice melts and they reflects less sunlight, which is absorbed by the dark liquid ocean. this makes the world warmer.
ice keeps the world cooler, but if they melt, they will make the world warmer.
ice melts 2. less reflection of sunlight and makes the ocean warm. 3. more ice melt 4. more warmer ocean 5. repeats