Antarctica is a very interesting place that we should know about. it is the fifth largest continent and situated over the south pole. It has two large indentations; the Ross and Weddell seas and their ice shelves. In the middle we have the trans antarctic mountains (range of mountains) that separate the east and west of Antarctica. It formed part of Gondwanaland (one of the two big continents that formed Pangaea, the other one was Laurasia). It is also important to learn about the dangers of Antarctica and man made atmospheric problems (acid rain, hole in ozone layer and the green house effect) so that we can prevent having all the problems they cause. Antarctica also has a great different variety of natural resources.
The man made atmospheric problems is the acid rain. The hole in the ozone layer and the green house effect. This problems are really harming all of us, the hole in the ozone layer is allowing harmful UV rays to reach the surface of the earth producing skin cancer ans cataracts. Also the acid rain, it is produces by the burning of fossil fuels, when they burned it releases mostly CO2 and two other harmful gasses (SO2= sulfur dioxide and NO= nitrogen oxides). Acid rain causes lakes to become acidic and many plants and animals die, also kills trees and damages marble statues. The last problem is the green house effect, it is produces mainly by the raise of CO2 in the atmosphere due to the burning of massive fossil fuels in the last 2 hundred years. This will cause rise in temperature which is then like to cause changes in climate and weather patterns all over the world and possible flooding due to the polar ice caps melting. This problems are really damaging our world and we should try to protect them so that it wont continue harming our environment.
In Antarctica we can find many natural resources. We can find gold, oil, gas, copper, magnesium, magnesium, uranium (very important resources found in Antarctica) and other valuable metals. We can find important organisms like krill's, that are a shrimp that is eaten by whales, birds, some penguins and squids. Krill's are the most important zooplankton species associated with sea ice and play a key role in the Antarctica's food web. A very interesting fish we can find there is the Antarctic fish, it is the best adapted animals to live in the cold in our planet. Antarctica is also consider a desert because it has less then 254 mm of annual rainfall precipitation, average annual rainfall is only about 50 mm less then the Sahara, but there is little evaporation.
There are many other really important and interesting thing about Antarctica that we should get to know.
The man made atmospheric problems is the acid rain. The hole in the ozone layer and the green house effect. This problems are really harming all of us, the hole in the ozone layer is allowing harmful UV rays to reach the surface of the earth producing skin cancer ans cataracts. Also the acid rain, it is produces by the burning of fossil fuels, when they burned it releases mostly CO2 and two other harmful gasses (SO2= sulfur dioxide and NO= nitrogen oxides). Acid rain causes lakes to become acidic and many plants and animals die, also kills trees and damages marble statues. The last problem is the green house effect, it is produces mainly by the raise of CO2 in the atmosphere due to the burning of massive fossil fuels in the last 2 hundred years. This will cause rise in temperature which is then like to cause changes in climate and weather patterns all over the world and possible flooding due to the polar ice caps melting. This problems are really damaging our world and we should try to protect them so that it wont continue harming our environment.
In Antarctica we can find many natural resources. We can find gold, oil, gas, copper, magnesium, magnesium, uranium (very important resources found in Antarctica) and other valuable metals. We can find important organisms like krill's, that are a shrimp that is eaten by whales, birds, some penguins and squids. Krill's are the most important zooplankton species associated with sea ice and play a key role in the Antarctica's food web. A very interesting fish we can find there is the Antarctic fish, it is the best adapted animals to live in the cold in our planet. Antarctica is also consider a desert because it has less then 254 mm of annual rainfall precipitation, average annual rainfall is only about 50 mm less then the Sahara, but there is little evaporation.
There are many other really important and interesting thing about Antarctica that we should get to know.
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What AMAZIIING information gaby!!!!! I really learned a lot!!! mmmmm maybe maybe youu took me out of ignorance!! be proud of yourself!!!
ResponderEliminarI really liked your blog!! (you have the same background as I do)we have good taste!! jejeje (I dont know how to laugh in English) sorry:C
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