How can we help Antractica's Enviromental problems?

Question

strategies for managing Antarctica sustainably?

Problems like :

global warming

Answer 1

We cant, despite our somewhat arrogant view that we are wholey responsible for it. We aren't. We are exiting the an ice age, the earths temperate is cyclical, we may contribute a small amount but how much is open for many long discussions.

I find it interesting that evidence of Mars temperature increasing at a rate much the same as our own is ignored by many. (Perhaps the influence of big bussiness on mainstream science?)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk...

In truth we do not need to worry about the earth - its 20odd billion years old.... Its us we need to worry about and how future generations will cope with a flooded earth (see. Noah et al), tsunami's, earthquakes and massive volcanic unrest

Answer 2

Global Warming? Good question.

I'd say stop using aerosal cans. They are polluting the air and encouraging global warming. Also, the small things such as recyling can make a huge difference! If you would like to try something to help the environment, try volunteering to clean up a nature trail or plant trees or something else you may enjoy! Every effort can stop global warming, whether it is buying hybrid cars or simply picking up litter!

Answer 3

stop watching a Inconvenient Truth, and fueling up Al Gores Private Jet with Your Money

Answer 4

Right now, in southern summer it is melting faster than snowfall will retain the glaciers. But we are actually seeing  increased snow fall on a whole year basis. This is undoubtedly because the oceans are a tiny fraction warmer, and creating  a lot of water vapor that will blow onto the mountains as snow.

With that snow of course there is all the energy it took to evaporate the water, so the total thermal balance is to higher temperatures and of course that means eventually glaciers melting faster than snow accumulates, particularly when a large part of the precipitation arises as rain.

What we can hope for is that we might tip into an ice age before Antarctica melts off.

Answer 5

scientifically we cant, we are exiting the last ice age and the icecaps will melt eventually, the process is being speeded up but at a relatively slow rate. greenhouse gases and the chemical inbalance of the atmosphere is contributing to 'global warming' so if you wanna slow down the ice caps melting ask the world to stop polluting the atmosphere with burning of fossil fuels and creation of toxic gase but no one will listen since money talks and to ask a nation to go truely green (ie H2O cars, hydro/wind/solar power, enforcement of recycling) would cost trillions and nocountry is gonna pay that in a hurry.

Answer 6

Global warming is not effecting Antarctica much at all. The fear is that lots of the ice will melt. Very little ice has melted, and what has melted has been partly offset by more than the usual amount of ice building up in other parts of Antarctica.

There is nothing unsustainable being done in Antarctica. Nothing much at all is being done there, except scientific research.

Answer 7

Last time I checked it was still cold there and not very habitable so what is the problem there?  If it warmed up some then maybe we could extract resources from there besides snow and ice.

Answer 8

how about some artificial snow machines like they have for ski resorts...

Answer 9

Global warming is not so much a problem for Antarctica as the media would have us believe.  Most of the Antarctic continent never gets above freezing and so naturally does not melt.  The Eastern Antarctic ice sheet is some 7000 feet thick in some areas, it won't melt even if temperatures rise by 10 degrees C, so the alarmism about flooded cities is really nonsense.

Even coastal and sea ice does not contribute to a sea level rise when it melts.  The reason for this is that melting sea ice replaces the area it occupied - think of a bowl of frozen water - it does not overflow when it melts.

The main problem facing Antarctica is the damage to the ozone layer caused by chloroflourocarbons (CFC's) which may cause problems for local fauna - though there is evidence that plant life is adapting to increased volumes of ultra violet radiation from the Sun.

We don't really know enough about the ocean - atmosphere system to say for sure what can be done, if anything, about current warming trends, but to further reduce CFC's which are purely caused by man is certainly a good idea.