BIO 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jet Stream, Carbon Footprint, Permafrost
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" polar ice caps are melting as global warming causes climate change . we lose artie sea ice at a rate of almost. 13% per decade , and over the past 30 years , the oldest and thickest ice in the artie has declined by a stunning 95-1. 1. temperature: arctic and anarctic reflect heat back in space (balance out other parts of the world that absorb heat. Less ice means = less reflected heat = more intense heatwaves worldwide = more extreme winters .
