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What are the problems in cold environments?
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- 1Melting permafrostPermanently frozen ground that if melts can cause substantinance and effect buildings on the surface
- 2Melting Sea IceSince 1979 more than 20%of the polar ice cap has melting away. This will effect animal patterns and migrations. Humans who rely on it for fishing will find finding food sources more difficult.
- 3Species MigrationVegetation is affected as some species cannot adapt, some old species lose food sources and so die out.
- 4Resource exploitationAs the climate changes more and more areas may be vulnerable to oil and mineral extractions, this impacts on local people and species as accidental oil spills are not uncommon.
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- Flashcards on What are the problems in cold environments?, created by lukenixey on 11/04/2014.
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