Ice Shelves: Special Ecosystem - Ellesmere Island

Post by **vicked.vicky** » Jul 03, 2009 Views: 1071

Ice takes on all sorts of interesting asymmetrical and geometric shapes, from the icy platelets above to the incredible parallel ice shelves of the Arctic. Ellesmere Island is famous for its ice shelves, but unfortunately they are diminishing rapidly in the face of global warming. Climate change caused alarming losses in summer of 2008, and scientists are concerned that this special ecosystem may soon be lost forever.

Post by **ujala** » Jul 03, 2009

wawooo ice is every where

Post by **kajnh** » Jul 04, 2009

ice ice baby

Nice post