Greenland is going to have an increase in precipitation. Because of warming of the globe sea ice is going to decrease in thickness and extent. This not only affects Greenland itself it causes sea level rise because of the melting ;and ice into the ocean. Warming is going to be larger the winter season more than the summer season.
The reduction in thickness and extent of glaciers, sea ice, and land ice will have a big effect on the biological ecosystems of the polar regions such as migratory birds and predators. Its not all bad, a positive side to this is that there will be more navigable sea routes because there is less ice. This change is also affecting the traditional way of life for many that live in the polar regions and may have to relocate these people to adapt.
Biological systems here will be greatly affected. Reduction of sea ice extent will cause a decrease in the amount of krill and decrease the amount of predators in that region. Sea ice dependent marine wildlife will see a decrease in population as well. The seasonal runoff routing will be of set because of changes in the cryosphere. It will become difficult to transport freshwater though networks because of all the ice cover being lost.
The most interesting threat to my county would be sea level rise. Though my country may still be affected by it, Greenland is the county that is accusing the sea level to rise as it melts there. The biggest threat that is happening to my country is really a threat to the whole entire world let alone just my own country. As we talked about in class this ice is melting then in the winter it isn't going back to the extent that the ice used to be, and this is happening more and more frequently. I also found that ecosystems were projected to be affected so much, I thought they would be expecting a change but no as much as I thought it would be. It especially affects predators like polar bears that live on sea ice, and without that around in the polar regions they will have no where to go and will get stuck in the ocean or on land.
This graph here is showing the rising temperature in Greenland which is causing the sea level rise around the world.
That is very interesting on how precipitation will increase in Greenland! I bet most people would expect the country to become dryer and hotter because of global warming. I liked how you mentioned that the snow melt from Greenland is affecting sea level rise around the world. That's crazy how ONE country can do so much harm!
ReplyDeleteMore navigable sea routes due to less ice definitely seemed like a positive sign to me compared to all the negative affects we have been reading so far. I feel like no matter what country it is and no matter which part of the world, the country is on, the affects and extreme weather situations are almost the same. More precipitation is one of those most happening extreme situations. Reduction of sea ice has caused a lot of issues throughout the world, a lot more than I knew, it could affect. It is interesting, however, to learn about ice melt affecting other parts of the world and sad of it all, that it will affect habitat of polar bears, specially after watching that cute video on polar bears in class last week.
ReplyDeleteBut overall, good details!!!