Global Warming

How Global Warming is Effecting the Canadian Arctic?

By

Kaylee Jiang

Course: ESLD

Teacher: Mr. Johnson

Date: May 13, 2013

Contents

The Report

Final Good Copy……………………………………………………….…………………………………….1

Rough Copy…………………………………………………………….…………………….…………..……5

Note-taking Sheets

Increase in average temperature in the Canadian Arctic……………………..………...9

Decrease in the level of ice in the Canadian Arctic………………………….…….……….11

Polar Bears are being negatively effected in the Canadian Arctic……….………….13

Paragraphs

Paragraph 1: Introduction………………………………………………….…………………………..15

Paragraph 2: Temperature………………………………………………….………………………….16

Paragraph 3: Level of ice…………………………………………………….………………………….18

Paragraph 4: Polar Bears………………………………………………………………………………..20

Paragraph 5: Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………22

Answer Template………………………………………………………………………….………………………23

Map…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………25

Rubric…………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………….26

Can you imagine a warm Canadian Arctic summer without ice and without Polar Bears? Global Warming is a very well known topic which is now being seriously discussed all over the world. A possibility in our lifetime because Global warming is effecting the Canadian Arctic in three significant ways. Frist, Global Warming is increasing the average temperature in the Canadian Arctic at an increasing rate.

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Arctic Masada

English: Marine Fossils at Beechy Island, Canadian...

Secondly, Global Warming has caused a significant decline in the level of ice in the Canadian Arctic. Finally, Global Warming is negatively effecting the lives of Polar Bears so much so that these bears may eventually become extinct in the Canadian Arctic.

Global warming brings a great increase in average temperature in the Canadian Arctic where is the region that has the most effect. According to the record, the temperature of the Canadian Eastern Arctic and sub-Arctic regions have averaged three degrees above normal this year. In the other words, the temperature has risen three to five times faster than in the rest of Canada.

The graph above shows that the temperature of Mackenzie District is rising gradually so that the Canadian Arctic has been experiencing a warm trend for years. In order to slow down the increase, people play a important role...