With Antarctica and Greenland both being more ice than land‚ and Antarctica being the South Pole and Greenland is not and one way in how they are unique from the other. With the similarity of being mostly ice‚ is how no two points on earth are the same‚ but unique in their own way‚ in being compared to another point on the earth‚ or not even existing until recently. With the following examples given on how each point is unique it is own way‚ but seen as a similar point of the earth‚ when comparing
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Giorgia Laird‚ Holly Adams‚ Prao Vikitsreth‚ Ella Chambers‚ EmmaJane Littler Threats to Antarctica Antarctica has a brutal climate; it is the coldest‚ windiest‚ most deserted place on earth. Due to the continent’s inhospitality‚ only select species can live there‚ including phytoplankton‚ krill and squid at the bottom of the food web‚ and killer whales‚ blue whales and seals at the top‚ and it is also home to penguins‚ and several types of fish. However this harsh environment is also considered
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opening scene shows the collapse of a massive ice shelf (a floating glacier) in Antarctica. Could this really happen? If so‚ how might this affect global sea levels? Happens all the time‚ always has. Only affects sea level if the rate of ice shelf collapse increases or decreases significantly over a long period of time. 3. Is it realistic to think our climate is in a fragile state? What does burning fossil fuels have to do with global warming ice caps? Oil and gas are hydrocarbons. When they
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nergy to change from the differing states of matter. Due to thermal equilibrium‚ the water would need a set amount of energy to break through the changes in matter. This is why temperature slows down in these phase changes. 2. When the ice is melting is it releasing heat or absorbing heat? Explain your answer. It is absorbing heat as it tries to achieve thermal equilibrium with the incoming heat. The water has more energy‚ which is why the water goes to a more easy to move around “phase” form from
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Discovery of Antarctica According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ discovery means: “the act of finding or learning something for the first time‚ the act of discovering something.”1 With this definition in hand‚ the discovery of Antarctica is something that may not officially be determined. As it sits now‚ 1820 is the official discovery year with three reported sightings of the continent within months of each other. The speculation over the true discovery date and discoverer of Antarctica comes with
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My SRP is determining if the colour of ice affects its melting rate. Ice melts by taking in energy from its surroundings to form heat. This makes the molecules in the ice cube vibrate. As the overall vibration increases‚ the water molecules split from each other turning the ice from a frozen state to a liquid state. Heat can be absorbs in two different ways‚ through direct contact with a hot surface or through radiation of a hot surface nearby. Radiant heat can be contributed by sunlight‚ fires and
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Arctic Sea Melting Enhancing the Effect of Global Warming in High Latitudes The world warmed by about 0.7°C in the 20th century. Every year in this century has been warmer than all but one in the last century (1998). If carbon-dioxide levels were magically to stabilize where they are now (almost 390 parts per million‚ 40% more than before the industrial revolution) the world would probably warm by a further half a degree or so as the ocean‚ which is slow to change its temperature‚ caught up.
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GLOBAL WARMING EFFECTS ON ANTARCTICA The effects of global warming create a growing danger for the ecosystem‚ by damaging the polar caps‚ and harming all of Antarctica ecosystem. Global warming started to occur around the late 19th century‚ and it continues to proceed to increase as time goes on. The main gases to blame for global warming are Carbon dioxide‚ Methane‚ and Nitrous Oxide. These gases are trapping the heat inside the atmosphere causing the temperature to rise‚ this process is also
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explores how salt and sugar affect the melting rate of ice in water. Research Questions: * Does adding salt to ice and water slow down‚ speed up‚ or not change the rate the ice melts in the water? * Is salt the only substance to have this effect? What about sugar? Knowing how to speed up the melting rate of ice is very important information for anyone who needs to de-ice roads or driveways after a winter storm. While it seems simple‚ adding salt to ice water actually activates two complex
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Should Antarctica be developed in the future? Antarctica is the most untouched part of the world‚ making it immensely beautiful‚ breath-taking and bejeweled with miles and miles of twinkling ice. Antarctica lies on the Southern front of the Antarctic circle. Right at the bottom of the world‚ the closest place to Antarctica is South America. It is 7900 miles/12’700 km away from the UK and has a land area of 14 million sq km! Temperatures in the summer can edge their way up to just 5 degrees Celsius
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