Nathan A. Templon
Professor V. Chapman
English 1301
24 October 2017 Melting Of The Polar Ice Caps

The polar ice caps are melting faster over the last half century moreover than the last five centuries. This is a big concern for the population of the planet. The people that live near the coastal areas are in the most danger. Some believe that this melting will result in the next ice age. The cause of he ice caps are melting due to global warming, and the results are rising because of the sea levels and drastic change in the weather patterns. This change in our environment is caused by several events.
The cause of the melting caps is due to global warming. This environmental change is caused by humans and the industrial revolution. The steady flow of greenhouse gases that traps the rays of the sun. The suns rays heat up the earth atmosphere, and this causes the melting of glaciers at the poles. To support this theory, according to author Melissa Denchak the “According to the National Climate Assessment, human influences are the number one cause of global warming, especially the carbon pollution we cause by burning fossil fuels and the pollution-capturing we prevent by destroying forests. The carbon dioxide, methane, soot, and other pollutants we release into the atmosphere act like a blanket, trapping the sun 's heat and causing the planet to warm.” This shows that due to human advancement in technology we have in a sense changed the environment for the worst. The global