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The Polar Ice Caps Are The Polar Ice Caps Are Melting!Melting!
My Earth Day project about how the My Earth Day project about how the polar ice caps are melting and polar polar ice caps are melting and polar
bears are going extinct.bears are going extinct.By: Grace Wilkins By: Grace Wilkins
Where is it happening:Where is it happening:
The polar ice caps are melting in the North Pole
They are also melting in Antarctica
The glaciers of Greenland are melting rapidly too
To whom is it effecting:To whom is it effecting:
The polar bears are being effected
Because the ice caps are melting, polar bears’ habit is growing smaller
There for the will either go extinct or have to adapt
Why/how it’s happening:Why/how it’s happening:
One reason why it is happening is, the Greenhouse effect
Another is burning fossil fuels (like driving)
Scientists predict that the Arctic/Polar ice caps will melt entirely in 20 years
Why you should do something Why you should do something about it:about it:
One reason is that when the ice caps melt, the ocean raises
If the ocean raises, the ocean could cover continents
Also polar bears could go extinct (or adapt)
Why you should do something Why you should do something about it:about it:(Continued)(Continued)
•That is because they can’t swim for long and the would end up drowning because they had no where to rest
• Think about it: if the ice caps are melting then the Earth is getting warmer, and that can’t be good!
How to do something about it:How to do something about it:
First of all, do anything you can to stop Global Warming
Global Warming is a big reason the ice caps are melting
How to do something about it:How to do something about it: (Continued)(Continued)
•Second of all, you can take public transit or bike instead of driving a car
• Or you we can all start to stop using factories
Final Motivation:Final Motivation:
If we don’t do anything about it, we could be swimming majorly in 20 years
Also polar bears will go extinct if we don’t do anything
SourcesSources
Websites:• Lovgren, Stefan. "Warming to Cause Catastrophic Rise in Sea Level?." National
Geographic News April 26, 2004 1. Web.22 Apr 2009.
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0420_040420_earthday.html>.
• Schmitt, Jerome . "Will the Ice Caps Melt?." American Thinker January 22, 2008 1. Web.22 Apr 2009. <http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/will_the_ice_caps_melt.html>.
• King, Mary. "Arctic ice cap will disappear in 20 years, say scientists." Enviormental Graffiti. Wed, Sep 5, 2007. 22 Apr 2009 <http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/arctic-ice-cap-could-disappear-in-20-years/264>.