There are
no glaciers
in the UK
now but
they left
stunning
scenery
behind & it
attracts
tourists.
Around 16
million
people visit
the Lake
District a
year, &
spend
almost
£1billion.
Presenting a
challenge
many
people
dream of
climbing
Mount
Everest. It's a
pyramidal
peak.
Supporting
life
people
depended
on glaciers
for survival.
The great
River Indus
runs down
through
Pakistan. Up
to half of its
water is
meltwater
from
glaciers in
Himalayas.
Farmers use
river water
for their
crops.
Some
examples of
rivers fed by
glaciers:
Ganges in
India & the
Yangtze in
China
In need of
protection
Antarctica
has 90%of
Earth's ice.
The land
below may
be rich in
mineral
resources.
People
might like to
mine it.
Nobody
owns
Antarctica.
But 7
countries
claimed
slices in it:
the UK,
France,
Norway,
New
Zealand,
Australia,
Chile &
Argentina.
one day
these
claims may
cause
conflict. But
for now,
mining is
banned by
the
Antarctic
Treaty. It
protects
Antarctica
as a place of
peace &
scientific
research.
Melting!
Scientists
found out
that the ice
sheets are
melting it's
getting
thinner.The
trouble is
the more
they melt
the higher
the water
level is.
Many
coastal
places may
flood.
Scientists
agree that
we humans
are the main
cause of
this. Mainly
because of
all the fossil
fuels that we
burn.