Scientists Confirm Global Warming at North and South Poles

While studies are reasonably clear on the role of carbon emissions by humans in causing global warming in the Arctic, less is know about the causes of warming in Antarctica because of its remoteness. Some experts believe it is due to greenhouse gases while others believe changes in the Antarctic landscape are due to natural fluctuations in climate. A study Nature Geoscience , an international team of scientists reports on the results of a new model they say proves the human footprint in global warming in the Antarctic. The model incorporates 100 years worth of temperature data from the Arctic and about 50 years of recorded temperatures from stations in Antarctica. The temperatures in the Antarctic were gathered along the coastal areas, according to scientists, because it is too difficult to get to the continent's interior. When the temperature data from both continents were plugged into the model, scientists say it clearly showed the human effects of global warming in the South Pole.

All the information is collected, the evidence has been filed, what else do we need to show that humans are the major factor in today's global warming. The majority of ice on our planet resides in the south and north poles among most many other places, the ice that is in the poles if melted will cause disastrous sea level rises around the world that will change the way we live our everyday lifes.

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