The Dangers of Global Warming in the Arctic
by: Caroline Wilhelms
Global warming is a pressing issue on the environment these days. From their impact on weather and heat surges around the world, global warming is becoming a very large problem. Global warming is caused by a layer in the atmosphere trapping gases in earth's atmosphere from pollution. These gases radiate heat, causing an overall temperature rise It is quite evident the spike in warm temperatures as scientists have been keeping temperature reports for years. Each year, the temperatures rise, breaking records. While global warming has a huge impact on the whole world, it is specifically impacting areas like the arctic. When these temperatures rise, the atmosphere is warmer. When it rains or snows, the warm oxygen molecules are in the precipitation. Because the ground is so cold, the precipitation sticks, but is much warmer. Every year as the precipitation builds and the temperatures rise, the ice becomes less and less cold, causing mass melting. Not only is the Arctic in danger from the melting, but it also has an even greater issue at hand.
As these areas get warmer and warmer, not only is the land in trouble, but also the life there. Animals in the arctic are made to survive in these freezing conditions. As it gets warm, it’s an unsuitable environment for the animals and they have nowhere to go. If you think about this in relation to the food chain, it starts as an issue from the beginning. The primary producers die off because it is too hot, then the primary producers have nothing to eat, so they two will die off, and the thread carries on. Animals may try to migrate, but they have nowhere to go considering global warming affects the whole world. Animals may start going extinct because the type of living conditions they need, simply does not exist. As a whole, we all need to be working towards preventing global warming to stop all of these problems from progressing.
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How do you think global warming is impacting us in St. Louis?
Is there any way you can prevent global warming?
Global warming affects weather, and St. Louis is infamous for having crazy weather, so it could be responsible for the weird weather we've been getting. Global warming can be prevented by decreasing the factors that contribute to it.
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ReplyDeleteGlobal warming is affecting the Arctic the most because it supposed to be the coldest place and when it gets hot animals can’t survive maggie kilcullin
Not only does global warming affect the animals, but also the entire environment around them. If global warming continues to get worse, the arctic will be in even greater danger.
Deletedue to global warming and conditions worsening, do you think these animals will still exist in 40 years from now? -Lindsay Dehn
ReplyDeleteThe Artic is one of the biggest victims of global warming and we need to work to reduce air pollution.
ReplyDelete-Nik
it's messing with the weather
ReplyDeletetaj
global warming is causing bigger problems than we think, ice breaking off from the arctic is not good to see because all that ice that can break off with drastically raising sea levels.
ReplyDeleteglobal warming is effecting the temperature and making it rise rapidly. -christa
ReplyDeleteDue to the climate, will animals be extinct in 25-30 years
ReplyDeletesammie katz
If global warming isn't reduced in the next few years then there will be major problems in the artic and a massive loss in animal life
ReplyDelete-Nik
Global warming effects a lot of different components on earth. If something isn't done to reduce pollution soon, there will be drastic consequenses.
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i did not know that Global warming is caused by a layer in the atmosphere trapping gases in earth's atmosphere from pollution. -ty
ReplyDeletehow is climate change effecting animals in the wild
ReplyDeletewhy are we not affected by climate change as much as other animals are
ReplyDelete-moe
DeleteAnimals hurt the environment a lot
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