Sea Ice Research Paper

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Warmer, sea ice-free oceans could also increase melting from Greenland's glaciers. The quicker sea ice loss causes Arctic temperatures to rise, the faster the Greenland ice sheet is likely to melt and while it isn't going to disappear any time soon, this contributes more to sea level rise. According to Carbon Brief, it states, ¨ temperatures rise faster in the Arctic than at lower latitudes, this changes largescale temperature and pressure gradients which has consequences for northern hemisphere winter weather. The loss of sea ice will also have consequences for people and ecosystems in the Arctic region. Melting sea ice is likely to have global consequences by unlocking new shipping routes and exposing more fossil fuel reserves.¨ 1. The melting of the ice causes the sea level to rise.
Our climate is already changing particularly in the Arctic where permafrost is melting glaciers are receding, and sea ice is disappearing. According to green facts it states, a ¨the temperature of the earth went up 0.6 Fahrenheit. The CO2 in the atmosphere went up by 35%. The greenhouse gas went from 2.5-10.4 Fahrenheit. 80% of the world's energy is …show more content…

September Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of 13.2 percent per decade, relative to the 1981 to 2010 average. According to NASA, it states, ¨Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important heat-trapping (greenhouse) gas, which is released through human activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels, as well as natural processes such as respiration and volcanic eruptions. Data from NASA's GRACE satellites show that the land ice sheets in both Antarctica (upper chart) and Greenland (lower) have been losing mass since 2002. Both ice sheets have seen an acceleration of ice mass loss since 2009. ¨ 3. The ice is melting a lot at a

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