Fresh Water in the Arctic -- Changing Planet

Scientists are concerned that melting Arctic sea ice will increase the amount of fresh water in the Beaufort Gyre, which could spill out into the Atlantic and cause major climate shifts in North America and Western Europe.

The Changing Planet series explores the impact that climate change is having on our planet, and is provided by the National Science Foundation (http://science360.gov/series/Changing+Planet/) & NBC Learn (http://www.nbclearn.com/changingplanet)

For related lesson plans, visit the Windows to the Universe project team at the National Earth Science Teachers Association at http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/changing_planet

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[narayananraveen]

" Arctic ice is not melting, it is deiceing by conc: deicers . Capture deicers from Baffinbay & surrounding Greenland could solve the problems & thereby more icemass can be build . Visit AIRCODITIONING OF MOTHER EARTH & Comment "

[narayananraveen]

" Arctice ice is not melting, it is deiceing by conc: deicers . Capture deicers from Baffinbay & surrounding Greenland cold solve the problems & thereby more icemass can be build . Visit AIRCODITIONING OF MOTHER EARTH & Comment "

[TheSimonHarris]

Very interesting

[Aresftfun]

@ultrapirtle Damn dislikes bein' all tricksy. -_-

[ultrapirtle]

@Aresftfun I was being sarcastic.  There should really be a font for that.

[Aresftfun]

@ultrapirtle Would you like to, you know, show it? Because NASA sort of says otherwise. Also, "global warming" is a very "newsy" term. Please call it climate change.

[ultrapirtle]

No worries. I have it on good authority from this website I was told about that global warming isn't happening. So there.