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
Yellowstone's lake's ice cover has remained unaffected by increasing temperatures due to increased snowfall. But this could make it vulnerable to a sudden shift.
The sun beat down as Liz Ricketts peered over a wooden bridge on Rosewood Beach in Highland Park. Below her, a narrow stream carved through the sand, flowing from a grove of barren trees into Lake Michigan. Through the murky water, littered with leaves, she spotted two rainbow trout lingering along the riverbed. They faced upstream, swimming through jagged rocks and a gentle current. She .