Melting Polar Ice Caps

1)What, specifically about your topic, are you going to research? What are the dangers of the melting ice caps?

2)What conclusions did you come to? What do you recommend average citizens do to make a difference? I have concluded that since in about the last 100 years the temperature on Earth has risen about 1 degree Celsius, that the sea level has risen about 6 to 8 inches. The oceans are rising because the floating icebergs are melting due to the increased heat and when they melt, all of the frozen water that was above the surface, is now part of the surface. If all of the ice in Antarctica alone melted, the sea level would rise about 200 feet! If you take that average number of JUST Antarctica, and added all of the other ice caps and glaciers around the world, imagine how tremendously the sea level would rise!! Some cities could be completely buried in water! Another thing that is affected by the melting ice caps is animal life. Some animals such as seals, penguins, polar bears, etc are all affected by the melting, because the ice is what they live on! Obviously, if the ice melted, they would die off , because they can't survive in water due to the fact that they don't have gills. If these animals die off, the larger animals that eat them may starve or attempt to seek another habitat. I recommend to people to continue to try not to emit greenhouse gasses and to recycle as much as possible so we can reuse things instead of burning or letting the old ones rot! The best thing people can do is let others be aware of the issue and PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH!!!! Source

3) What would happen if, worst-case scenario, nobody listened to your recommendations? Global warming would take control, causing littler precipitation, lots of drought, animal life to go extinct, shore lines to rise, less crops would be able to be grown, temperature would increase, and overall just chaos!

4) What would happen if, best-case scenario, everybody listened to your recommendations? Global warming would disappear, shore lines would reseed (possibly further than before), fresh water would become much more plentiful, the number of plant-able crops would increase, a MUCH healthier environment would exist for all, and if all goes extremely well; polar life may actually increase!