Why should we save Antarctica?

Question

I know, how to save it (or try to), I know what Antarctica is etc.... but I just need to answer this question: What is so important about it that we need to save it and not let it be destroyed by us humans?

Note: I am not against saving the environment etc I just can't find the words to answer the question!!

thanks so much!!

Answer 1

Antartica is one of the most important parts of our ecosystem. It helps regulate the earths climate. It also hold a grat deal of water on its continent as ice. If this ice were to melt there would be a number of problems created. The amount of water in the oceans would change. Enough to change the coastline, salinity, PH and everything that lives sea and land. Another fact about the ice is that it reflects radiation back out of the atmosphere. If it were to be just water more energy would be absorbed into the atmosphere. This would have a dramatic effect on the earths climate. You can quote me on this If the Ice goes than so do we.

Answer 2

Why Should Antarctica Be Protected

Answer 3

Antarctica has billions of gallons of fresh water...if all that melted then there would be a massive amount of fresh water entering the salt water oceans which could through a lot of different processes mess up a lot of atlantic currents (the movie the Day After Tomorrow is somewhat accurate when they talk about the currents in the atlantic ocean changing, but not much else)

Answer 4

Because if it melts, Florida and Louisiana will drown (big loss.......)

Seriously, if the current warming trend continues, within about 150 years or so, a lot of people are going to have to move inland....I don't know why they even bother rebuilding New Orleans......

Ecologically though, the ice is not as important as the seas around and under it, which are probably the richest and most unspoiled in the world....

Answer 5

One reason. If all ice on Antarctica melt, the sea level will rise about 60-70m. That is a lot. Millions of people will lost their home along the coastline. San Francisco, New York (Manhattan), Los Angeles, all cities on the coastline will be flooded.

Answer 6

Antarctica is important because there are hundreds of feet of ice there that potentially hold the earliest forms of life. We have already recovered cyanobacteria from ice cores that gave us a better understanding of when life started.

Also, there are important meteorites in the Antarctic ice Meteorites provide clues to the composition of early Earth and composition of other bodies in the solar system.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antartica#Research

Answer 7

hello u asked a lovely and a question needed to be asked
today world is becoming so polluted and conjusted that due to usage of cfc ac etc have created a hole in antartica which has causedexcess of damag to world and society.the ultaviolet radiation and others harmful rays which penetrates through this hole have aready started creating a hedious disposition of human beings and our motherly earth.
its therefore very necessary to save antartica as well as lessen down the usage of luxury items which cause danger to atmosphere.and last but most imp grow 10 trees atlest in ur life which would proof a great benefit to earth and universe

Answer 8

It's a little late now. It's just a matter of time till the icecap disappears. Then people will move there to escape the heat and naturally they will be farming and mining and polluting.