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Changing polar climate
This resource highights the impact of human activity on glaciers and sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic using four different student activities:
- Students explain the reason, using their knowledge of global warming, for 4 changes seen in changes and forecasts for the Polar regions.
- Students complete an exercise looking at the impact of increased precipitation on the Arctic and Antarctic.
- Students interpret data on the mass of the Greenland ice sheet and how its reduction affects sea levels.
- Students have to interpret graphics on the effect of a two degree increase in global temperatures on temperatures and precipitation in various Arctic regions.
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