Question

Question:One of the predicted problems due to global warming is that ice in the polar ice caps will melt and raise sea levels everywhere in the world. Is that more of a worry for ice (a) At the North Pole, where most of the ice floats on water (b) At the South Pole, where most of the ice sits on land; (c) Both at the north and south pole equally; or (d) At neither pole?

Short answer

Option (a) is correct because, at the North Pole, where most of the ice floats on water

Step-by-step solution

Polar Ice 

A polar ice cap, or polar ice sheet, is a high-latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice. Ice caps form because high-latitude regions receive less energy as solar radiation from the sun than equatorial regions, resulting in lower surface temperatures.

Find which option is correct

• Due to global warming the temperature earth’s atmosphere is increasing, and the temperature at the pole and High Mountains is also increasing.
• This increasing temperature will melt the ice on poles and peak so of mountain and will melt the glaciers.
• This will result in rise in the level of see.
• Therefore option (a) is the correct answers for this question.