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Glacier Melting
Callista Pirrung
Ms. Laws
Biology: 4th Period
13 October 2016
Glacier Melting
Over the last 150 years the earth’s overall temperature has grown significantly, which is leading to many negative effects all over the world. One major effect of the rising temperature is glacier melting. Glaciers are large sheets of snow and ice found mainly in Alaska and European and Asian mountains, but also in many other places around the world. They have been melting for over 50 years now, as the global temperature continues to climb. It has become more concerning recently as the rate of melting has increased dramatically. Soon brought some glaciers will disappear completely and the ones left will continue to melt.
The reason that this can be concerning is once glaciers start to melt, the leftover water causes the sea level to rise significantly which can cause all sorts of other problems on its own. The sea level rising is problematic because hundreds of millions of people live in coastal and low lying cities and towns. These major cities can easily become flooded as glaciers keep melti ng faster and faster. Which would leave millions of people without places to live. Another concern is the erosion and damage the rising ocean can have. Over time it can wear away at beaches and islands and sometimes even completely destroy them. This new sea level can add to more dangerous storms closer inland as the coastal cities are wiped out.
Works Cited
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"Melting Glaciers." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency. Web. 29 Sept. 2016