Up next our documentary series doc film looks at how Global Warming may be opening up the arctic and reviving old rivalries omarion evanston ill be back with more news at the top of the hour hope you join us then. Language courses. Any time. W. B. The arctic is often described as a vast expanse of eternal ice but in some parts of the region thats no longer the case. This is alice muir island in the canadian arctic. This strip of coastline was once covered with ice but the nearby glaciers are melting so we can see more and more of the land that lies beneath them. Some researchers predict starting in 2050 the arctic will be ice free in summer so what will happen to the region is all that ice melts. Almost for me to rise should she look. The arctic helps to determine the climate for a much wider area including parts of the us due to Climate Change due to the ice receiving. The wall maps in retreat to the arctic in the center. That will cause massive changes here and in other parts of the
important as we continue to study the effects of global warming. we need to find out more about how the entire climate system functions. the. cost is a geologist who works for germany s institute for geosciences and natural resources which is part of the federal ministry of economics and technology. there are scientists here from several other countries as you can see from these flags. stephen grasp is a geo chemist who works for canada s department of energy and environment his work here will focus on the composition of rocks. american biologist john spear