Feature article - Yuri Garcia

Ice Cap Melting

The warming of the globe is a natural process, but this time the results can prove to be catastrophic. The polar ice caps have melted faster in last 20 years than in the last 10,000, and this is nothing less than cruel, and if this event continues, provided results are hopeless.

The Polar Regions are important drivers of the world's climate. When the "everlasting ice" melts at an Increasing rate, the rest of the world is affected. Global sea levels are rising; dark melt water pools absorb warmth from the sun which white ice would reflect back into space. Fresh water flows into the sea, changing ocean currents and the living conditions for marine organisms. But these organisms will not to be the only ones to suffer. The lack of them, the lack of food leads to a number of other animals, and if this is not resolved, you can reach us.

Apart from possible food shortages, another factor that would affect the increase in the ocean level. The ocean level has raised a lot since 1600 BC, and at this rate, people living on islands in the Pacific Ocean would find themselves in a time relatively short, homeless, because these islands are gone.

If these reasons are not alarming enough to make us give to this topic a little much attention for them, I do not know what they are. Populations out of your home, entire species going into extinction and lack of potable water ... These are some of the few reasons for you to think a little more in their attitudes to not have to tell your kids "Once upon a time ... a better world."