The Arctic area around the North Pole is melting, scientists are trying to figure out why. Temperatures are rising twice as fast in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. The drastic rise in temperatures is causing the permanently frozen soil to thaw. This will cause a lot of changes in the Arctic. In Northern Russia giant craters are starting to form. Scientists are trying to figure out and explain more about what’s causing them.
The frozen soil (permafrost) is melting and is changing the environment. The trees in the soil are starting to sink because the soil is turning into mud. The nickname for these trees is “drunken trees”. In the Arctic entire forests are now leaning to one side. The melting permafrost is causing even more problems. The mud is starting to create huge slumps some even a kilometer across that are sliding across the terrain. If this continues the entire arctic terrain will be changed and the animals living there will be forced to leave.
My opinion is that we should just let the earth do what it does. If we keep trying to change the weather were just going to make it worse. My friend Jake’s opinion is that, “we need to get more energy efficient and try to do more than what we are to try and save the world.