CryosphereThe cryosphere consists of all the frozen water on the Earth’s surface.
Pack IcePack ice is composed of the ice floating on the oceans near the North and South poles.
Melting Pack Ice
GlaciersA glacier is a mass of ice on land, formed by compressed snow.
Compressed snow turns to ice
Icebergs
Iceberg
Iceberg
Iceberg
Iceberg
Greenland
Glaciers and pack ice melting
• Impacts:–Sea levels rise due to glacier melting–Affects thermohaline ciculation
Fresh water is released from glaciers mixes with the Gulf stream density of water decreases water does not sink ocean currents slow (but will not stop)