Melting Ice Caps

Global warming is melting arctic sea ice, affecting the overall life cycle of polar bears, a keystone species, including their breeding and hunting grounds. The article was originally published on WeNaturalists, as a part of the curated section by the editorial team. For similar stories, head to our Explore section. …

“Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet (1.25 meters) of water. “ This report was alarming for many who relied on experts’ findings, particularly regarding climate change. It was not scary for…

Many dim-witted individuals view Earth’s radical climate change simply as a linear, recurring natural process — and certainly, not an event caused by human actions. — When we turn to the topic of global warming and changing climate patterns — as in storms, droughts, heatwaves, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and melting glaciers — many people (especially climate-change deniers) think of these occurrences as simply “the new normal.” But these climatic events aren’t just happening more frequently. They…

The Arctic ice sheets are melting. Many already understand that it will lead to sea-level rise, but there is another effect that this may have on the world. In the past, the melting of large masses of ice in the Arctic Ocean has happened before and it had massive effects…

The effects of global warming and melting polar ice have already had an impact in terms of extended droughts, more extreme hurricanes and tornadoes, floods and forest fires. Resultant changes in ocean temperatures may affect ocean currents, pushing storms in northern latitudes northward. …

A large, looming environmental threat that gets little attention is natural methane release from receding polar ice caps, and CO2 release from massive forest fires. There is controversy on whether and how to intercept these naturally-occurring (yet human-influenced), global warming gases. …

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A 140 meter ice core from Greenland’s west coast has shown ice caps sometimes grew during periods of warming over the past 2,000 years. One hundred and forty meters of Greenland ice are chilling 3,000 miles from home in a facility in Denver, Colorado, where scientists have been chipping away…