about the sea temperature and global warming, and its impact on the environment? warming, and its impact on the environment? , ., environment? so, in terms of global warmin: , environment? so, in terms of global warming. this environment? so, in terms of global warming, this iceberg environment? so, in terms of global warming, this iceberg mainly- environment? so, in terms of global| warming, this iceberg mainly melted because it went northwards into warmer waters around south georgia. so, it is not unexpected that it melts, i would say. but what icebergs can tell us about climate change is, as they already experienced these warmer conditions, warmer ocean temperature and warmer arctic temperatures, we can use them as a proxy for how ice shelves in antarctica might respond to the warmer conditions, if they would be present in the future. fiifi warmer conditions, if they would be present in the future. present in the future. ok, that s really interesting. present in the future.
we have a lot of snow. bottom line. we get a period of one or two weeks where we get a melt a thaw, but we haven t seen that from chicago to boston. temperatures have been around the freezing mark even on warmer days. to highlight or illustrate a typical house in this part of the world. this has about a foot and a half of snow on it. a number of factors come into play. the flat roofs are most susceptible because you don t get any sloughing and you get the weight distributed differently. that will cause leaks the water melting, water getting in the structure and that will weaken it. light snow around the great lakes, the rocky mountains, light snow will be anywhere from five to ten pounds a cubic foot. that is easily light enough for