9. Extended Questions
a. What happens if the polar ice caps melt?
With the melting of the polar ice caps we are facing several events that can change how we live in
this world. The first, the fact that with the melting of the ice caps we are not putting more water into
our oceans, what we are doing we are changing the physical properties of the ice from a solid into a
liquid. There is more mass in water in a solid state than compared to water in a liquid state. The
problem is our oceans are a mixture of H2O and NaCl. With the melting of the polar ice we are putting
more of pure H2O into our oceans. I believe that this could and will eventually throw the natural
balance off. Our world is on a balance beam, with the melting of the polar ice, we could and have seen
an increase of weather changes. This will also upset the food chain, many of our food products like fish,
shell fish etc. all depend on the carefully balance mixture of compounds that are found in the ocean.
Hi Barbara,
ReplyDeleteHow is this different from the melting of glaciers, where the ice originates on land? Amy
Amy,
ReplyDeleteWhat I wrote in my blog I feel is on the right path of the melting ice packs. But, I have to admit I wasn't thinking about the ice packs that are on land. By reading some of the others blogs, I have to add to my blog. Though, I do believe that there will be sufficient amount of water to raise the ocean level, I also believe that under the ice packs there are also craters that will form lakes. Since we do not know how big or how many, the amount of water that will flow into the ocean is unknown.
Barbara,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the additional thoughts! I agree that with glaciers, the water that melts will flow into the ocean, causing it to rise. Amy
HI Barbara,
ReplyDeleteJust making the prescribed rounds on the Blog circuit. Why did you change your photos/design from your first blog or do I have you confused with someone else's?
Hope you can join in on the STEM Town Hall. I'll be at work but am planning on making arrangements to sneak in a few minutes.
Joyce
Just checking back to see your post.
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