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The Cryosphere Grade 10 Science

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The CryosphereGrade 10 Science

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)