Global Warming Ice Melting
When they melt sea level isnt directly affected because this ice is already in the ocean. Weve all seen the pictures. Polar Ice Is Disappearing Setting Off Climate Alarms Inside Climate News It extends to almost 14 million square kilometers about the size of the USA and Mexico combined. Global warming ice melting . Sources of melting ice The main sources of melting ice are. An iceberg floats in Disko Bay near Ilulissat Greenland on July 24 2015. Since 1961 the world has lost 106 trillion tons of ice and snow. The rate at which ice is disappearing across the world matches worst-case climate warming. The ice covering is around 7000 feet thick. The Arctic used to be white but now its turning blue and absorbing more heat in a feedback loop. The massive Greenland ice sheet is shedding about 300 gigatons of ice a year into the. This is an area where the warm ocean waters that melt the ice have been out of contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years explains Paul