BLOG POST #3  

Climate Change at the Poles

• Humans are altering the climate and the Poles climate at an alarming rate
• This is disrupting the ecosystem which is killing off the animal population
• Extensive amounts of CO2 are creating a blanket that is trapping heat inside
• Glaciers are now becoming thinner and less common
• Rising oceans are due to that
• These environments all correlate, less glaciers and sea ice means less ice that reflects solar energy which cools the planet better than darker water which absorbs the sun rays which adds on to the greenhouse effect.

Humans reckless and unmonitored use of fossil fuels is causing rapid climate change which will cause many problems for the environment and eventually the end of humans. These products an average American use daily have costly consequences for the planet’s diverse ecosystems. The most rapid and evident effects have been observed at either Pole. The animals such as Polar Bears rely on the ice for the ability to walk across it and hunt seal. Since the ice has been dramatically decreasing we’re leading a whole ecosystem to extinction. While the greenhouse effect is simply starting things up, as we lose more and more ice it mean more solar radiation will be absorbed by darker sea water instead of reflective ice