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Global Warming in Antarctica Affecting Humans and Animals that Live There ** by Himanshu Something that I already know about my topic is that the ice and glaciers are melting. This is causing the water level to rise and because of this animals are losing their habitats. Eventually the polar bears will be extinct. But the polar bears aren't the only animals about to become extinct. Penguins also live in the Antarctica. And if the water level continuously rises then these animals that live there, will become extinct.
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 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **

While the water level is slowly beginning to rise, animals aren't the only ones that will get dangered, we, humans will also begin to die out. If the water level keeps rising then we will probably become flooded by all the water. And the most important thing of all this is, its our fault that all this is happening. Because of the pollution created by us, global warming has begun. And that's why the glaciers, and ice are beginning to melt all around the world, causing the animals to become extinct. Part II--What I Want to Find Out ** There is a lot that I don' know about my topic. Something that i want to know about my topic is that, is global warming the real cause of the ice melting and the animals beginning to become extinct? Another question I have is, if the animals become extinct, will the atmosphere be affected? Other questions I have are, how much more time do we have before the ice is completely melted, and the water level is high enough to flood us all, what is the rate of the speed that the ice is melting at, if global warming is stopped, will the water level stop rising?

The book that I had chosen to gather my research from was __The Inconvenient Truth__ by Al Gore. I have been reading this book for the past few weeks. The book is excellent and it talks about how global warming is affecting humans and animals. The book is very hard to understand but the pictures are the answer to understand the situation. By viewing the images it was easier to stay track with the reading. I had some problems understanding most of the words but the dictionary had helped me understand what the words had meant. But after finishing the book, I thought that it was complex. The book talks about how global warming is having a huge affect on Antarctica. An affect that global warming has on Antarctica is that its making the animals that live there become extinct. It is getting harder for them to live because there habitat is beginning to melt and the water level is rising greatly. This is flooding the ice. But this isn't the only thing that will get flooded. If the water level continues to rise at a pace then, we will be flooded by the water. But the book keeps developing new ideas in my head about the topic being researched.
 * Part III--The Search **

A very helpful website that was really excellent is, <[]>.  It helped me by giving me exact calculations of the rate at which the ice is Antarctica is melting at. This website had also showed me in which sections of Antarctica, global warming is having an affect on, and how fast that part is beginning to melt. And these are the qualities that I had needed to prove my topic. This is an issue that must be prevented because it is causing most of the animals that live in Antarctica become extinct. And as the water level rises, our chances of being flooded by tjis water begin to go through an increase in percentage. And this will definitely cause problems. By giving exact numbers, percentages and years, my topic is very well supported with a bunch of facts. These numbers and etc., can help us in a huge way because we will eventually be able to calculate the amount of time remaining before the ice completely melts and when the human race will probably be extinct. Using this data we can also, calculate the rate at which the ice is melting to prevent this issue from making two different races become extinct, the human race and the animal race. If this is prevented then the animals that live in Antarctica will continue to live and they will have a home. This will prevent thees animals from becoming endangered.

Another website that helped me with my research is,<[]>. This website helped me by also giving me more exact calculations about the melting of the ice in Antarctica. This website is much like the one that I had been exploring half a week ago. This website was a newspaper article written by Juliet Eilperin. It was featured in the Washington Post. An example of something that this author had mentioned in this article was that he had stated that Antarctica had lost about 36 cubic miles of ice a year in a trend. This website had also mentioned that the water level could go through a significant rise in the next couple of years. And from this, I can predict that the water level will rise and flood the entire earth. Antarctica holds 90 percent of the worlds ice! It would be very tragic if all this ice melts. The water level is rising .4 millimeters every year. And even if the smaller west Antarctic disappears, the water level would rise about 20 feet higher! After thoroughly investigating this website, I have been able to gather a lot of data and put it into my I-Search. But there is still a lot more left to learn about how global warming is affecting Antarctica.

Another website that I recently found was,<[]>. This website was a lot like the other one. This was another newspaper article. It was written by Marc Kaufman. This newspaper article is more current then the other one. This one was written in January, 14th, 2008. This article was also featured in Washington Post. It had talked about how the loss of ice in Antarctica had increased over the past couple of years. The two articles basically talked about the same things and they both had mostly the same information. But it was still useful and so this source was okay, when it had came to research. It was very interesting to read another newspaper article about the same topic written 2 years after the other one.

The last website I had gathered my research in was,< []>. This website was awesome. This website had a lot of information, and it wasn't a newspaper article. On the home page, the left corner there are things that you can click on to read. The part that I had mostly used was, "A Changing Climate." If you click on the first one then it will say, "Cool Fact." This was pretty good because it showed me a little clip of fast the ice in Antarctica and this really understand the situation. Then if you click on the one that says, "The Climate of the Future," you can read how the future will be affected because of this global issue. And so it is very significant for this issue to be prevented. The website was very helpful both with information and visuals used to support the information. The visuals were really helpful and they also had a huge part of helping me understand what the information was about.

I haven't done my interview yet. I will interview the biology teacher at BSGE. I will ask him about his opinions on global warming and some ideas that he believes in that can help prevent global warming. I will also ask him, about what he thinks should be included in my game to make my game carry out the serious issue well. And I would also ask him other questions that will help my with my knowledge of the affect of global warming on Antarctica. Part IV--What I Learned ** The most important thing that I learned about my topic is that the melting of the ice is causing the water level to rise and it can flood the human race. This was fascinating because I had always thought that the melting of the ice is affecting the animals to lose their habitats and become extinct. This global issue can be prevented by cleaning up more often and trying to not use cologne. By using perfumes humans are polluting the earth and this is causing global warming to react. Smoking is another main factor that is causing the reaction of global warming. I have also learned that Antarctica contains 90 percent of the worlds ice. I didnt know that before. And by knowing this now, I think that my prior knowledge has increased and I learned a lot about my serious issue.


 * Part V--Works Cited**
 * Gore, Al. //An Inconvenient Truth:The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming And What We Can Do About It//. 7th ed. 10 vols. New York,NY: Rodale, 2006. 321-12. Print.
 * Popeney, Doug. "Global Warming in Antarctica." //Global Warming: Early Warning Signs//. UCS and WRI, 1999. Web. 22 Apr 2010. <[]>.
 * Eilperin, Juliet. "Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting Rapidly." //Washington Post//, Friday, March 3rd, 2006. Web. 25 May 2010. <[]>.
 * Kaufman, Marc. "Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica." //Washington Post//, Monday, January 14, 2008 . Web. 26 May 2010. <[]>
 * Scoone, Simon. "Discovering Antarctica." //Royal Geographical Society, British Antarctic Survey, and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.//, n.d. Web. 29 May 2010. <[]>.