Abstract

Research shows that the polar ice caps are rapidly melting at places. Presently, the melting ice caps are having a huge impact on the Earth's ecosystem, which leads to unpredictable disasters. Regional warming and melting ice caps are the reason for the imbalanced ecosystem, which results in rising sea levels, uncertain floods, fluctuating seawater temperature leading to the different storms like tornado, cyclone, etc. The number of glaciers in the Antarctic Peninsula and the Arctic region is gradually declining, and therefore, the harmony of the biodiversity is affected. Melting ice caps are becoming life-threatening for the habitats and also related to upcoming climate change. Therefore, it will create various difficulties on human civilization, flora and fauna, and the economy which will affect the food chain. In this chapter, the authors give a detailed discussion about the impact of melting ice caps on the ecosystem and the reason for it along with the measures that should be taken to reduce this emerging problem.

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