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The melting of the polar ice caps is largely due to man made factors such as greenhouse gas emissions. Human made factors have been the cause for about 70% of glacial melting between 1991 and 2010. The melting of these ice caps can cause flooding in coastal regions due to sea level rise. It can also effect the drinking water of those who rely on water from meltwater rivers

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Albedo is the amount of solar energy reflected by the earth back into the atmosphere. This is important because when an ice cap melts more sunlight is absorbed into the earths surface, heating up our planet.

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Over the past 40 years melting ice caps have caused sea levels to rise by at least 13.8 millimeters. A large 2018 study shows that melting ice caps are drastically changing the way sea levels are rising.

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CAUSES:
As more snow and ice starts to melt because of global warming every summer, this causes the water and earth to be exposed to more sunlight and cause heating of the surface and the earth.
PREDICTIONS:
We predict that as the earth and the water heat up due to the melting of ice and being exposed to more sunlight, this could cause a change in the food chain with earlier births of phytoplankton. this can cause later fish to die, and we think this ecosystem could die off, As Well as the polar ice caps.

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This figure shows Arctic sea ice extent for the months of September and March of each year from 1979 through 2016. September and March are when the minimum and maximum extent typically occur each year.

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Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

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Video: Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2019 with area graph - Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

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Satellites have provided a reliable tool for continuously monitoring changes in the Arctic ice since 1979. Every summer, the Arctic ice cap melts to what scientists call its "minimum" before colder weather begins to cause ice cover to increase.

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Besides being important for marine life, ice caps help regulate sea levels and overall global temperatures.        When frozen, the snow that covers the ice caps reflect a large amount of light back into space that would otherwise increase the temperature of the Earth .           

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Besides being important for marine life, ice caps help regulate sea levels and overall global temperatures.        When frozen, the snow that covers the ice caps reflect a large amount of light back into space that would otherwise increase the temperature of the Earth .           

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Ice caps are made out of pure water, If the Antarctic Ice Sheet melted, sea level would rise by about 60 meters (200 feet).  The smallest rise of sea levels can have devastating effects on coastal habitats , it can cause destructive erosion, wetland flooding, aquifer and agricultural soil contamination with salt, and lost habitat for fish, birds, and plants. Its important to keep this in mind because it even effects the human population.

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Polar ice caps in Greenland are melting faster than scientists expected. Large amounts of ice mass are melting down into meltwater, which runs off into the sea, increasing sea water levels.

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The polar ice caps are sheets of ice found near the North and South Poles. As the global temperature rises the icecaps are starting to melt away leading to consequences that affects all organisms on earth