Why The Arctic Sea Ice Disappear

Scientists have given numerous warnings that human-caused, or anthropogenic, climate change is not only occurring now, but accelerating more quickly than predicted (Maibach, Myers, and Leiserowitz 295). Global warming contributes to climate change as a result of the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (“Global Warming”). The level of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere has increased significantly over the years. Patterns of warming are sufficient to conclude that this increase has coincided with the start of the Industrial Revolution (“Global Warming”). By analyzing carbon dioxide pockets that have been trapped in Antarctic ice, scientists can assuredly confirm the correlation between recent warming

In the most extreme scenario, the positive feedback loop could cause extreme deterioration of Arctic sea ice, leaving the Arctic Ocean more like the Baltic Sea, covered by only a thin layer of seasonal ice in the winter. At the current pace of retreat, transArctic voyages could be possible within the next five to ten years, but it remains extremely difficult to make an accurate prediction.” To rephrase Tessa Mendez’s words, with the color snow and ice has, they do us a favor, and reflect the radiation from the sun. But, ever since the ice started to retreat, the water has been absorbing solar radiation instead, and causing the whole world to heat faster. This is significant because all of these years when we had an abundance of Arctic ice, our world didn’t heat up as much as it has been now.

The arctic is estimated to be ice free by 2030 due to global warming and the melting of the ice caps.

Economic growth is vital to sustain human life; however, the unsustainable consumption of natural resources to attain this demand is leading to self-destruction. The Earth is facing environmental changes, including climate changes, which are altering the Earth system. Significantly higher thermal expansion is inescapable if the increasing pollution by carbon dioxide emission continues relentlessly. One evidence of this change is global warming and its impact in the Arctic Ice. The critical role of the Arctic in the global climate system implies that Arctic Ice changes will have far-reaching connotations for, and feedbacks to, the entire Earth. Currently, the warning signs include: rapid diminishing of sea ice, increased mass

In one of the anecdote about Al gore’s trip to North Pole to measure ice thickness, Booker reported, “The men going on this expedition had to be airlifted back because the ice was too thick to measure with an electronic instrument” (Booker, 2015). In addition, Booker also provide another anecdote that shows “Canadian scientists studying the effect of climate change on Arctic ice ..had to suspend their research because their vessel was trapped in the thickest summer ice” (Booker 2015). With these two anecdotes, Booker believe the Arctic has not experienced the effects of climate change because the Arctic is still seen as a very cold, dangerous place. Empirically speaking, it is difficult to conduct research by sending humans to measure glaciers’ thickness in the Arctic, but this difficulty does not disprove any of the satellites data supporting the effects of climate change. The informations we have yet to find can not dismiss the evidences we do have that support how climate change is affecting ocean sea levels and

American environmentalist Jeff Goodell once said, “Some studies suggest that the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free by the end of the century.” The destruction of the Polar Regions has caused major implications for the Earth today and has caused a positive feedback loop that ultimately will cause them to deplete further. The Polar Regions have slowly faded away due to the lack of precautions humans have taken to protect them, such as the use of chlorofluorocarbons, the destruction of the ozone layer, and the accelerated process of the Greenhouse Effect.

Over 35 years ago, climatologist Wally Broecker coined the term global warming in a paper outlining the trends that he was noticing with temperature and C02 levels (Stefan). Ever since then, the debate has heated up on the controversy of global warming. Politicians have even used the issue to boost their campaigns. Some question whether the earth’s temperature is rising at an unusual rate. Scientists perform experiments from glacial ice to observe the correlation between carbon dioxide levels and temperature. Scientists have changed the debate over the years from debating whether global warming was actually happening to the current debate about what is causing global warming. Therefore, the term global warming in this paper refers to

In March 2008, a NASA climatologist, predicted ice in the Arctic would almost all melt by the end of the summer 2012. And it is true that Arctic ice volume has

At the present rate of global warming most of the frozen portions of the Arctic may disappear by the end of this century.

“An acceleration of these climatic trends is projected to occur during this century, due to ongoing increases in concentrations of green houses gases in global atmosphere. While green house gas emissions do not primarily originate in the arctic, they are projected to bring wide-range changes and impacts to arctic. These arctic changes will, in turn, impact the planet as a whole. For this reason, people outside the arctic have a great stake in what is happening there. For example, climatic processes unique to the arctic have significant effects on global and regional climate. The arctic also provides important natural resources to the rest of the world (such as oil, gas, and fish) that will be affected by climate change. And melting of arctic

Climate change or colloquially known as global warming, now pose a new threat to civilization as the levels of greenhouse gases (GHG) are soaring to new levels. The most significant contributor to greenhouse gasses would be Carbon Dioxide (Co2). The levels of Carbon Dioxide (Co2) gas have risen to levels civilization has not seen before. As such, the effects of these levels are not known to civilization as data gathered from the ice cores drilled in the Antarctica only shows data up to 650,000 years ago. However we can conclude that present CO2 concentrations are higher compared to any time in the last 650,000 years (IPCC 2007). Current carbon dioxide concentrations are hovering around 389 parts per million (ppm) as of September 2011,

Can you imagine what would happen if all the ice on our planet melted? According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, about 15 million square miles of land are covered by ice, which means that 10 percent of the land on Earth is ice. If all the ice were to melt, sea levels would rise about 200 feet, and coastal cities would be completely submerged underwater. Billions of people would be homeless, and the habitats and lives of wildlife would be doomed. Plus, Earth’s weather patterns would go through massive changes, and salt water would pollute freshwater aquifers, affecting drinking water and crops. The question now is not if this will happen, but when.

The ice surface across the globe is receding at an alarming rate year after year, as the water and globe warm the ice is not able to stay frozen.

From the movie “Water World” I think that if it really happens, it would be the end of the world because people can’t survive. If the Ice Caps are melting, humans should stop litering and throwing garbage to the sea, it’s because when it floods, it is way worse and they will be disgusted from what they did. Because the sea ice is floating on the ocean already and is in equilibrium with it. Sea ice varies significantly from season to season and from year to year, and the extent of its natural variability is not yet fully known. The scale of ice in the Antartica, 2.3 kilometres thick, if that Ice were to melt we are done for. Not many people realize that Global Warming is happening and doesn’t care about their surroundings, humans need to see what really happens during Global Warming, this cannot be avoided, because bad things will happen when they ignore this. Ice Melting can cause a huge amount of water going into Cities, Provinces, and Countries. The amount of water from big Ice can ruin homes and kill people. Humans

In 2007, the Arctic reached a 30-year low for sea ice (University of Colorado at Boulder). This is because of global warming or what scientists refer to climate change. The issue with global warming is that it has impactions for damage to future generations. Prevention of a global climate change depends on early detection of human-made effects on climate. The current views on global warming are; those who do not think that the Earth is undergoing a climate change, others that believe the Earth is going through a climate change due to humans, and some who believe that Earth is going through a climate change but is not because of human activities. In order to understand global warming, we have to look to technical