Melting Polar Ice Caps
Summary
If the temperature gets warm enough the ice caps will melt. Many areas around the world have become much warmer and scientist believe it could be caused by many things such as burning gasoline to drive cars, coal to make electricity, or using oil and natural gas to hear homes or forests to make room for growing crops. Once the gassed are created, they end up trapping more of the sun's heat. This ends up melting the ice caps therefore increasing the ocean levels.
I chose this article because ice capes are very interesting. They are a major source of fresh water since almost 2% is locked in ice caps and glaciers. If they melt into the ocean it would completely destroy our fresh water and turn it into salt. They are also home to my favorite animal, penguins. Without any ice to walk upon they could have less living space or they could drown, considering they can not stay in water all their lives they need oxygen and be able to escape predators if necessary.
I chose this article because ice capes are very interesting. They are a major source of fresh water since almost 2% is locked in ice caps and glaciers. If they melt into the ocean it would completely destroy our fresh water and turn it into salt. They are also home to my favorite animal, penguins. Without any ice to walk upon they could have less living space or they could drown, considering they can not stay in water all their lives they need oxygen and be able to escape predators if necessary.