But while many people realize humans are indirectly undermining sea ice via global warming, there's often less clarity about the reverse of that equation. We know sea ice is important to polar bears, but why is either one important to us? read more
The ice caps of Antarctic artic and Greenland contains 99% of the freshwater in the form of ice. The ice caps reflect the light coming from sun which helps to decrease the temperature of earth. The ice caps tells us about the past history of climate . The ice caps has the gases , dust ,etc, millions of years old beneath every layer of ice. read more
In September 2017, Arctic sea ice dwindled to its eighth-lowest extent on record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). "How much ice is left at the end of summer in any given year depends on both the state of the ice cover earlier in the year and the weather conditions affecting the ice," senior NASA climate scientist Claire Parkinson said in a statement. read more