HELP Stop Global Warming!

Earth's ice-covered polar regions help to keep our climate cool and hold tremendous amounts of fresh water locked up in their glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets. The ice contained in these vast freshwater reservoirs is the equivalent of nearly 220 feet of sea level. However, when most people think of polar ice, they usually do not think of Canada, the location of only a small percentage of the Arctic's polar land ice. Recent research conducted by NASA scientists has revealed that Canada's ice caps and glaciers have important connections to Earth’s changing climate, and they have a strong potential for contributing to sea level rise
Scientist Agree the Earth's climate is being directly affected by human activity, and for many people around the world, these changes are having negative effects.Carbon dioxide levels today are nearly 30 percent higher than they were prior to the start of the Industrial Revolution, based on records extending back 650,000 years.In May 2005, scientists concluded the Earth is absorbing more of the sun's energy than is being emitted back into space, disrupting the planet's energy balance and resulting in global warming.2006 broke the continental U.S. temperature record, while 2005 was the world's warmest year ever recorded, beating the previous record high set in 1998 and continue a general trend of rising temperatures dating back to 1980.According to NASA, the polar ice cap is now melting at the rate of 9 percent per decade. Arctic ice thickness has decreased 40 percent since the 1960s.The current pace of sea-level rise is three times the historical rate and appears to be accelerating.New evidence of the effects climate change is having on the natural world is being researched by scientists all over the world at institutions such as the Earth Institute.* Droughts in the Sahel during the 1970s and 1980s were found to be caused by warmer sea surface temperatures, and the current drought in the Amazon is also suspected to be a result of rising ocean temperatures. * The cause of intensifying tropical storms in the Atlantic is currently under study, and some scientists believe rising sea surface temperatures to be the cause. * Poverty and food insecurity has been tied to climate variability...
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