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Polar Ice Biome

Polar Ice Biome. By Jon Joshlin and Alex Bogert. Location of Polar Ice Biome. Polar Ice Biome.

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Polar Ice Biome

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  1. Polar Ice Biome By Jon Joshlin and Alex Bogert

  2. Location of Polar Ice Biome

  3. Polar Ice Biome • This biome refers to the large polar ice cap found in the frigid zone environments of the Arctic, Greenland and Antarctica. The Polar Ice biome is a marine biome that is rich in nutrients from the land around them, and contain ice.  This makes the perfect environment for plankton, and plankton fuel the surrounding ecosystem.

  4. Climate Comparison

  5. Climate • Basically, it's below freezing here year round. • Summer daytime temperature: + 5 C • Summer nighttime temperature:  -30 C

  6. Climate

  7. Plant Species • It's ICE, folks!  There are no higher plants; in some areas algae may grow in the snow and give it a pinkish color. • With no exposed soil, it's hard for plants to take root, so there really isn't much of a base for a biological community on land (with the exception of those algae in the snow and perhaps a few insects that feed on them). 

  8. Animal Species • Few animals live in the Polar Ice Biome because they have to adapted to extreme conditions to live here. • Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

  9. Animal Species • Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)

  10. Animal Species • Penguins

  11. Animal Species • Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina)

  12. Phytoplankton

  13. Animal SpeciesArctic Fox

  14. Animal SpeciesArctic Hare

  15. Animal SpeciesArctic Wolf

  16. Polar Bear

  17. Animal Species • Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)

  18. Walrus

  19. Threats • There aren't a lot of people running out to build houses on the polar ice biome.  Development is not a major problem, nor is there much pressure from human populations (although pollution problems near human settlements can be severe; it is a great technical challenge to effect efficient sewage treatment in a cold environment, for instance).

  20. Threats • The biggest threat, however, is from oil and gas developmentand the resulting global warming.

  21. Oil Drilling

  22. Global Warming

  23. Global Warming

  24. Global Warming 1979 2003

  25. Polar Ice Biome • The End!!

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