Global Warming's Unrelenting Impact: Urgent Concerns Surrounding Glacial Melting
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Glacial Melting, , Antarctic PeninsulaAbstract
As a result of the warming of the planet, its ice is beginning to melt. Photographs of polar bears wandering in search of their dens have, for many years, served as a cautionary tale about the retreating ice caps. Traveling to Antarctica is unnecessary to experience the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels, shifting boundaries, avalanches, and floods. These effects can be experienced anywhere. There has been an increase in the frequency of natural disasters, and there is evidence that the ice is melting faster in many parts of the world, including Pakistan, Alaska, and the region at the foot of the Himalayas. According to data reviewed by Reuters, severe temperatures in Europe have caused the snow cover on the Alpine glaciers to melt earlier and faster than at any other time in the past 60 years since monitoring first began.
Keywords: Melting of the Ice Caps, Antarctic Peninsula, .
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