Tag: polar ice caps
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Polar Ecosystem Coming Under Threat From Climate Change
Climate change may impact the polar ecosystem disproportionately due to rapid warming taking place at the poles. The frigid polar oceans contain some of the most extensive food webs on the planet. However, human-caused climate change threatens many of the species that call these oceans home. Microscopic, photosynthetic algae make up the bottom of the…
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NASA Releases Time-Lapse of the Disappearing Polar Ice Caps in the Arctic
Nasa released a video demonstrating the fluctuations in polar ice caps in the Arctic Sea from 1984 to 2016. The information provided in the video stated that the first ice loss occurred over a few years in 1989. It happened again in the mid-2000s. At that time, ice which had been aging for years encompassed…