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Ice on the Land How has climate change affected the distribution of ice around the globe?

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1 Ice on the Land How has climate change affected the distribution of ice around the globe?

2 Last 400,000 years Describe the relationship between global temperature and global volume of ice

3 P123 Textbook

4 Does the location of such cold areas alter over time?

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7 Present Day Coverage Ice Sheets – Antarctica & Greenland (Mass of ice on the land) Ice Caps – Mountainous areas and are smaller than ice sheets. They also include glaciers which extend from ice caps

8 Ice Sheet - Antarctica

9 Ice Sheet - Greenland

10 Ice Cap – The Alps (Mont Blanc)

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