For both summer and winter Arctic sea-ice, the area coverage is declining at present and the ice has thinned significantly over a large area. ... The main concern about permafrost is that when it melts, the large quantity of carbon it contains is sent back to the atmosphere as methane and carbon dioxide, also there is presence of a frozen compound called clathrates beneath the permafrost and it may be destabilized and will ultimately result in the release of methane and carbon dioxide, the melting is an irreversible ecological landslide a vicious circular feedback that is becoming stronger and...

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Many plants and animals in the area cannot evolve quick enough to cope with sudden change in their environment and are dying. Already coral reefs are beginning to die off bring with the rest of the life forms that depend of the reefs to survive. ... Extremes are at both ends of the spectrum, summers become even hotter and winters even colder. ...

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An Inconvenient Truth Reaction Paper for "An Inconvenient Truth" The movie was composed of many documented events narrated and discussed by the former U.S Vice President Al Gore. The data gathered and the trends of different climatological graphs were well introduced to the public for better comprehension. The documentary also provided a deeper understanding regarding the most sensitive issue about the environment which is the Global Warming.             It was alarming to see the various effects of the dramatic increase in carbon emissions by the world since carbon is one o...

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