{"id":160088,"date":"2022-01-09T16:31:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T11:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=160088"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:37:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T12:07:24","slug":"answered-how-do-the-melting-of-the-arctic-ice-and-glaciers-of-the-antarctic-differently-affect-the-weather-patterns-and-human-activities-on-the-earth-explain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-how-do-the-melting-of-the-arctic-ice-and-glaciers-of-the-antarctic-differently-affect-the-weather-patterns-and-human-activities-on-the-earth-explain\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] How do the melting of the Arctic ice and glaciers of the Antarctic differently affect the weather patterns and human activities on the Earth? Explain."},"content":{"rendered":"

Arctic is an ocean covered by\u202f<\/span>thin layers of perennial sea ice<\/span><\/b>\u202fand surrounded by land while\u202f<\/span>Antarctica is a continent<\/span><\/b>\u202fcovered by very\u202f<\/span>thick ice cap<\/span><\/b>. The melting of ice and glaciers in the two affects the\u202f<\/span>weather pattern and human activities differently as seen below<\/span><\/b>:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Arctic<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nAntarctic<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  1. Warming of the Arctic<\/span><\/b>\u202fhas seen to be related by the scientists to\u202f<\/span>slowing of the jet stream<\/span><\/b>, and its\u202f<\/span>looping southwards<\/span><\/b>.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Melting of ice in Arctic has made\u202f<\/span>the ENSO cycle erratic, and higher emergence of El-nino<\/span><\/b>\u202fevents.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Melting of Arctic ice is linked to\u202f<\/span>Central Pacific Trade wind intensification<\/span><\/b>,\u202f<\/span>weakening of extra-tropical cyclones<\/span><\/b>.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Melting of Arctic ice will lead to\u202f<\/span>extreme weather events<\/span><\/b>\u202fin the middle latitudes.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Melting of Arctic ice might lead to\u202f<\/span>opening of North Sea\u202f<\/span><\/b>route for global trade, saving both time and cost.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Reduced opportunities for the n<\/span>ative population for subsistence hunting<\/span><\/b>, fishing and herding.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Rise in temperature is likely to cause physiological stress<\/span><\/b>\u202fin people adapted to be living in cooler climates.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n
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  1. Melting of glaciers<\/span><\/b>\u202fin Antarctic will lead to\u202f<\/span>slowing of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation<\/span><\/b>, disrupting gulf stream.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The warming of Antarctic will cause\u202f<\/span>colder winters and hotter summers<\/span><\/b>\u202fin North Atlantic.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Melting of Antarctic glaciers is linked with\u202f<\/span>extreme weather events in Europe<\/span><\/b>.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The warming of\u202f<\/span>Antarctica Circumpolar Curren<\/span><\/b>t can\u00a0aggravate the effects of global warming.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Melting of Antarctic glaciers could\u202f<\/span>raise the sea levels substantially<\/span><\/b>, affecting the\u202f<\/span>people on SIDS<\/span><\/b>.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. \u202fMelting of Antarctic glaciers will\u202f<\/span>enhance the incidences of coastal erosion and storm surges,<\/span><\/b>\u202fcausing\u202f<\/span>loss of life\/livelihood for the coastal people.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    \u202f<\/span>The melting of ice and glaciers in Arctic and Antarctic will\u202f<\/span>have irreversible consequences<\/span><\/b>\u202ffor the humans as well as the global weather patterns. The need of the hour is to\u202f<\/span>adopt sustainable approach<\/span><\/b>\u202fto minimise the effects of global warming.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Arctic is an ocean covered by\u202fthin layers of perennial sea ice\u202fand surrounded by land while\u202fAntarctica is a continent\u202fcovered by very\u202fthick ice cap. The melting of ice and glaciers in the two affects the\u202fweather pattern and human activities differently as seen below:\u202f\u00a0 Arctic\u202f\u00a0 Antarctic\u202f\u00a0 Warming of the Arctic\u202fhas seen to be related by the scientists to\u202fslowing… Continue reading [Answered] How do the melting of the Arctic ice and glaciers of the Antarctic differently affect the weather patterns and human activities on the Earth? Explain.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":472,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700116721},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}