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Climate Change is Ravaging the Arctic

The past six years have been the highest recorded temperatures in the arctic and it is cause for some worry. The warmer temperatures affect many things such as the sea level rising, low summer sea ice, cascading impacts on the regional food web to name a few.

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet causing changes in the ocean and on land. There is less Artic sea ice which helps cool the polar regions, moderates global weather patterns and provides critical habitat for animals like polar bears is continuing to decline This affects fisheries and ecosystems, creating cascading effects within this interconnected system. Among those affected are the more than 70 Indigenous communities in Alaska- this is shrinking their access to the food resources.

Because of climate change, that ground is now thawing. As it does, it causes roads to slump and houses to collapse. It also will affect levels of carbon in the atmosphere, as that is what gets released as the ice melts.

If the thawing arctic continues at this rate it is only going to make climate change worse.

I chose this article because climate change is a serious issue that we are faced with everyday. And it seems like some people like to ignore it and pretend it isnt real and it is infuriating. I worry constantly about the condition of the planed in 40 years, and what is going to be left for my son as he gets older. Its really scary.







I would incoporate this in my classroom in a unit on climate and weather, I will also be able to use it to express how important recycling is and how we can do small things that can save our planet.