Climate Change Threats Flashcards
1
Q
What side is increasing dramatically?
A
The eastern side ice sheet
2
Q
What is the Antarctica peninsula (west)?
A
Particularly sensitive to small rises in temperature - experienced increases of 3 degrees in last 50 years
3
Q
Warming impact on physical/living environment?
A
Penguin colonies changes Melting of snow covered vegetation Decline in krill Glaciers retreated Ice shelves breaking up
4
Q
What has the temperature been like on the eastern side?
A
It has risen a lot less
5
Q
Why might climate change contribute to sea ice expansion?
A
More western winds drives the sea northwards
Remain and snow layering southern ocean with cool dense layer
Storms freshening local water
