Greenland Ice Sheet

Over the last 100 years, global temperatures have warmed by about 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit on average(Pappas). This small change in temperature can and most likely will have long term effects. All forms of life that made the colder regions of the earth their homes are in danger of extinction. As temperatures shift, penguins are shifting their breeding seasons, too. A March 2012 study found that Gentoo penguins are adapting more quickly to warmer weather, because they aren’t as dependent on sea ice for breeding as other species(Pappas). Decreased winter snowfall on mountaintops is allowing elk in northern Arizona to forage at higher elevations all winter, contributing to a decline in seasonal plants. Elk have ravaged trees such as maples and aspens, which in turn has led

It begins its melting trend every year on April 10. The Ice Sheet shows scientists the effect of climate change and that its increasing slowly every year. An uptick in parasites in small Artic mammals known as shrews indicate a northward shift of parasites into climates that were previously inhospitable(Grenoble). The Artic is a very fragile place and anything that happens is for a reason. The parasites have been in colder climates and can’t adjust fast enough to survive the warmer climates. Though the death of parasites is a good thing; other animals in the artic are in danger of extinction due to their habitat being destroyed. The project, called the Norwegian Young Sea ICE expedition, lodged a research ship into this young sea ice for six months during 2015, taking measurements of air, ice and ocean water(Thompson). What they found was that the ice functions very differently than it did 10 years ago. It moves faster and is much more susceptible to storms and