2007-01-20 19:48:58 · 12 answers · asked by ANURAG 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Antarctica has been warming slightly for about 6000 years. Some areas - the peninsulars - are beginning to loose some ice, but in the interior ice is, in fact, increasing in depth, contrary to what the global warming bandwagon tries to make you believe. Sea ice around the continent is increasing. It will not be like other continents 'in near future' It may be in millions of years time.
2007-01-20 22:54:54 · answer #1 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in the "near future", if you are thinking in human terms. The vast majority of Antarctica is ice shelf. The land beneath is under an enormous layer of ice. Even with the prospect of global warming, Antarctica will never be hospitable for settlers, for example. There may be more access to some parts of Antarctica for scientists, but not for normal tourists. Even if the average temperature of the world rose by one degree, it would still not be available for humans walking out-of-doors for most of the year.
So, no. Not "just like the other 6 continents".
2007-01-20 20:05:31 · answer #2 · answered by JOHN B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There has been a treaty made called the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, that was made to protect Antarctica from human "Progress" from taking over the place. Its states that no wars can be held on the continent and no one can claim the land as theirs and such and forth. Really, I think it was a briiliant idea.
If you want to read the full treaty, go to
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_Antarctica/Treaty/treaty.html
2007-01-20 23:36:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are referring to climate, I'd say that, while it will become slightly more temperate and a lot less icy due to Global Warming, you still have to take the seasons into account at such an extreme latitude. With six months of sunshine followed by six months of darkness, I doubt any but the hardiest species would gain a foothold there. Instead of an arctic desert, we're going to have a slightly less arctic desert. Wouldn't migrate just yet... ;-)
2007-01-20 19:58:53 · answer #4 · answered by dead_elves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 20 to 30 years mabye
2007-01-21 07:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by hoshmoot_19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the closest soil in Antarctica lies 2 miles decrease than the ice. no longer something has grown there in hundreds of hundreds of years, diverse than ice, of path. Hydroponics are a risk everywhere, yet no longer something has been finished on a brilliant scale. in basic terms small study and information sequence communities circulate available.
2016-12-12 16:35:00 · answer #6 · answered by gagliano 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think half the world will be like Antartica, if not in near future, very soon if we don't take global warming seriously.
2007-01-20 20:02:44 · answer #7 · answered by Balamurugan G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes if we continue to produce s much greenhouse gases infact if we strt producing a factor more than the amount of greehouse gases tht is being produced now u dnt have to ask abt the future you can see it by yourself in a few yrs to come.........
2007-01-20 19:59:05 · answer #8 · answered by Sushmita N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hay Anurag.....yeah if the world is still warming up than
Antarctica will be just like the other 6 continents in the future.
.................regards pari.................
2007-01-21 07:24:04 · answer #9 · answered by pari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If global warming continues, then it will.
2007-01-20 21:08:23 · answer #10 · answered by hymy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋