Melting+Ice+Fields+of+Canada

The Melting Ice Fields in Canada by Kelly Hanson and Nicolette Naldony

**Thesis: Global warming affects the entire world.**
 * Time line**: **1979-1983**: Warmer climates then **1984-1986, 1984-1986**: Coldest years of the decade, **1987:** Warmest year of the decade, **1988**: 2nd warmest year of the decade.

**Summary: When most people think of melting ice the immediately think “Global warming,” or “Polar bears dying.” However, this is not always the case because it happens all over the world, especially in Canada. The main thing that causes the ice caps to melt is the rising temperatures all around the world. Most people probably do not know the effects that this can have on their environment and the lives of the next generation. The main problems that the melting ice caps can cause are the sea levels to rise, a lack of freshwater and animals losing their habitats. Although sea levels rising does not seem like the worst thing in the world, it can cause cities to become submerged under water. A lack of freshwater not only affect humans but it affects the aniamals that live in the water. If sea levels rise, the salt water will mix with fresh water in rivers and make it an unsuitable place for the freshwater marine animals to live, and the amount of freshwater avaliable to humans will decrease. **

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Polar bears spend the majority of their lives on sea ice. They depend on the ice to:
 * provide a platform from which to hunt seals, whose thick layers of blubber provide energy for survival
 * rest
 * breed