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How to teach ... Polar meltdown
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/sep/17/polar-arctic-meltdown-climate-changeArctic sea ice cover reached a record low this summer. The latest rate loss is 50% higher than experts predicted. And now there are alarming reports of a reservoir of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which could be released in Antarctica if the ice continues to melt so quickly there.
The Guardian Teacher Network has some useful resources to explore climate change and the particular issues in the Arctic and Antarctic.
A great introduction to the subject is to watch this time-lapse video of sea ice melting in the Arctic this summer from April to September. This news story explains what has happened this year and how scientists believe this could be a sign of long-term climate change.
This resource Ice melt in Greenland from The Day on the sudden and dramatic melt over the summer asks: explains the news story and the issues simply and asks, is the melt to do with global warming?
