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  Heart of the matter - the ice is melting
 

Co2 levels create global warming. Global warming causes the ice to melt even in the colder seasons.

When large parts of Greenland melt - the ocean level will rise 30 feet.

This will flood Holland completely, other parts of Europe and many parts of the US, including Manhattan.

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  No doubt about the latest measurements

Billion News have met up with scientist Sebastian Mernild who has measured the amount of ice that melts during the summer periods in the Arctic waters. The measurements have been taken over a period of time around Greenland. The measurements show that Greenland is melting much faster than earlier estimated. And why is this a problem?

Well thousands of years ago the very northern part of Alaska melted and part of it broke loose from the continent, which resulted in an even faster melting process. When the big chunk of ice was gone the whole natural world ocean current got off balance - which actually resulted in an ice-age. Read more about the situation and about Sebastian Mernild on his Billion News Greenland Article page.

Before major parts of Greenland melt, we will see problems arising as they already have in many parts of the world. We will see problems that it will be too late to solve 20 years from now. Read below for details, and see how it basically comes down to 2 groups of challenges.

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  Polar Bears and many other animals in trouble
  As Greenland and other Artic areas are melting and are experiencing less ice in the warmer periods, polar bears cannot get out of the water and on to the ice. And if they cannot get on to the ice they drown.

We are seeing that animal species actually die out because of climate changes thoughout the world.


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  Less drinking water
  When the climate changes it effects the natural balance of the climate around the whole globe. Some areas flood and some areas dry out.

As lakes and streams with fresh water dry out there will be less drinking water in may areas.


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  Larger storms and hurricanes
  Climate changes means more drastic temperature differences between the ocean and the air, which results in more and larger storms and hurricanes.

The larger storms and the rise in the oceal level means more land will be flooded in each storm.

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  More bugs will spread diseases
  When the climate becomes warming in some part of the world more bugs can survive the winters. When more bugs survive they will spread to more areas.

The climate changes results in extermination of some of the good bugs and in the arise of some new bugs we do not even know how will effect us.