Climate Trends That Spell Trouble for Our Planet Earth.

Global Warming and Its Consequences on Our Planet's Poles 

Artic, a cold, beautiful place, full of penguins, polar bears and thousands of winter species, or at least, that's how it used to be, today it is nothing more than a sad place from which those animals try to escape
Polar, a big bear with four legs, finely white fur and a small and beautiful calf, has been living all her life in this cold place, a site that is not good for anyone and she has tried to escape in a thousand ways, but it is impossible, even much more now when she has a life under her responsibility.

Global warming has caused the rise of our planet's temperature, so the average of the Arctic has increased 2.3°C since the 1970s. Ice dependent species such as narwhals, polar bears, and walruses are at increasing risk with shrinking sea ice cover. By 2100, polar bears could face starvation and reproductive failure even in far northern Canada.

Explaining the consequences of this global warming a little better with figures, according to data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, Antarctica (The opposite pole) lost roughly 36 cubic miles of ice between 2002 and 2005.

One study indicates that polar ice loss has contributed about 20 percent of the total global sea level rise since 1992. To put the amount of ice lost in perspective, the study shows that West Antarctica lost 65 billion tons a year and the Antarctic Peninsula lost 20 billion tons a year.

Impact of global warming on the ice of Antarctica

The main environmental problem in Antarctica is directly related to greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming that causes climate change. Proof of this are the huge cracks that occur in the masses of ice.

Ice shelves are floating expanses of water that are frozen and connected to land. One of the largest ice shelves, the Ronne-Filchner covers an area almost the same size as Spain. As a consequence of the increase in temperatures, during the summer there is a very significant reduction in its ice, which causes it to weaken and retreat.

The climate in Antarctica has increased by 3ºC, which means that all those platforms that were once stable are now in danger. Since the 1950s, this is a loss of 25,000 km2 of ice shelf.

The ice melts, the bears became endangered animals and the heat floods their homes.

We know that one of the most common mistakes is that penguins live in the Arctic. In fact, this penguin-free region is home to another charismatic bird—the Atlantic puffin. These colorful birds dress up their black and white plumage with an orange, parrot-like beak and feet; however, we invite you to see this fictional drama:

Mama look at Henry, the penguin! - shouted the little creature

What's wrong my son?-She answered alerted

Henry, the penguin, is a friend of Polar for many years, she, like them, has tried to run away from home to find a better place to live.

Help, help!-Henry desperately shouted for help, since he had been left in the middle of an iceberg that had broken, he couldn't reach the corner.

Keep calm, I'm coming for you! - said Mama Osa, who pretended to go through the icebergs to help Henry.

Following all the tension, Mama Polar rescued Henry from the icebergs and after that they took refuge, so today they continue trying to flee to a better place.

The end.

By Sofia González, Gabriela Hernández, Step 9 Blue.