Climate Change
"No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change." - Barack Obama
Summary of Arctic Ice Cap melting
According to NASA, the polar ice caps are melting at an alarming rate of 9% per decade due to the mass burning of fossil fuels. The thickness of the Arctic Ice has decreased by 40% since the 1960s. According to scientists at the U.S Center for Atmospheric Research, if the current rate of global temperature rise continues, the Arctic will be free of Ice by 2040.
Some of you might ask, “Why does this matter?”. If the Arctic Ice Cap melts, there will be an increase in sea levels. This could potentially result in flooding in certain countries. In addition, the rise in sea level will disrupt the equilibrium of the cyclonic and anticyclonic structures making the weather conditions worse. Furthermore, animals that live in the Arctic such as polar bears will go extinct due to massive changes in their environment. There are many other consequences that could go into more detail, but the consequences are devastating not just for the animals but for us as well.
Ice in The Arctic vs. Year
Articles
NASA Finds Thickest Parts of Arctic Ice Cap Melting Faster
GREENBELT, Md. -- A new NASA study revealed that the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the Arctic Ocean’s floating ice cap.
Wildfires, record warmth and rapidly melting ice: Arctic climate goes further off the rails this summer
The Arctic summer of 2020 is one that has been marked by raging fires in the Far North, with smoke extending more than 1,000 miles downwind, along with alarming new temperature records and ice melt.
Climate crisis: Arctic could be free of sea ice by 2035, latest climate model predicts
“The prospect of loss of sea ice by 2035 should really be focussing all our minds on achieving a low-carbon world as soon as humanly feasible.”
The Melting of the Arctic Game
The objective of the player is to control a polar bear mother who was seperated from her cub. In order to navigate towards her lost cub, she must avoid staying on a ice platform for too long before it melts.
Ways to help out
Government Official Emails
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