POLAR REGIONS

POLAR REGIONS

• Earth's polar regions are the areas of the globe surrounding the poles also known as frigid zones.
• The North pole and South pole are being the centres .
• These regions are dominated by the polar ice caps.
• They are resting respectively on the Arctic Ocean and the continent of Antarctic.

ARCTARCTIC

• It is the second smallest continent.
• It is also the coldest, windiest and
• driest continent in the whole world.

ARCTIC

• It is the top part of the world.
• In winter it is very dark and cold.
• However in summer it have
• a continuous daylight, very damp
• and foggy.

GLOBAL WARMING

• Its is the rise of average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and ocean.
• It is most caused by the greenhouse effect.
• Greenhouse effect is when more heat is trapped into the Earth.
• This causes Climate Change.
• Climate change is when weather of a certain place has changed or it isn't normal to them.

AFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING IN POLAR REGIONS

• Metling of sea ice and glaciers.
• Animals like penguins and polar bear finds hard to live on hot weather.
• Some species now struggle to survive as polar regions become warmer.
• Even small changes in the conditions are enough to have serious impacts.