Polar Ice Caps Melting. As The Temperature Increase, The Ice at The North Pole Will Melt. Once The Ice Melt
Polar Ice Caps Melting. As The Temperature Increase, The Ice at The North Pole Will Melt. Once The Ice Melt
Natural causes
The Earth's climate can be affected by natural factors that are external to the climate system, such as changes in volcanic activity, solar
output, and the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Of these, the two factors relevant on timescales of contemporary climate change are
changes in volcanic activity and changes in solar radiation. In terms of the Earth's energy balance, these factors primarily influence the
amount of incoming energy. Volcanic eruptions are episodic and have relatively short-term effects on climate. Changes in solar
irradiance have contributed to climate trends over the past century but since the Industrial Revolution, the effect of additions of
greenhouse gases to the atmosphere has been over 50 times that of changes in the Sun's output.
“Climate change” encompasses global warming, but refers to the broader range of changes that are happening to our planet.
These include rising sea levels, shrinking mountain glaciers, accelerating ice melt in Greenland, Antarctica and the Arctic, and
shifts in flower/plant blooming times. These are all consequences of the warming, which is caused mainly by people burning
fossil fuels and putting out heat-trapping gases into the air. The terms “global warming” and “climate change” are sometimes
used interchangeably, but strictly they refer to slightly different things.