Animal Life
Polar bears are expected to go extinct by _____ if sea ice continues to melt
2050
What are the three main effects of rising sea levels?
Flooding, shoreline erosion, hazards from storms.
____ billion tons of ice are lost from glaciers per year.
273 billion tons
Rising sea levels affect animal life through changes in their _______ and _______.
Habitats and food sources (no specific order)
What are the dangers of coastal flooding?
Destroying coastal habitats such as wetlands and estuaries.
What is the percentage of arctic ice is melting per decade
13%
_____migrates to the Arctic, bringing diseases and parasites with them, threatening indigenous species.
New bird species
Has flooding increased of decreased over the last 100 years
Increased
Sea levels rise ___ inches per year
3.6mm or 0.14 inches
Loss of sea ice affects the ________ the most
Emperor penguins
Heat stored in the water causes the water to ______
expand
There is enough water stored as ice to raise sea levels ___
230 ft
Name 4 arctic animals that are directly impacted by glaciers melted by the global warming.
polar bears, walruses, Arctic foxes, seals, penguins
What is erosion?
Erosion is when soil and rock are worn away and transported to different places
Most ice is located in ______ and _______
Antartica and Greenland