| They help to capture water in icecaps or glacier ice, and store it perhaps for many centuries. |
| When the Earth is viewed from space on a cloudless day, all that can be seen are the edges of land, sea and icecaps. |
| The melting of the Antarctic and Greenland icecaps and the flooding of Bangladesh could not happen until the end of the next century, if at all. |
| It warns of adverse consequences such as the melting of glaciers and polar icecaps, leading to rising sea levels. |
| He was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1995 for his work on the hole in the ozone layer above the polar icecaps. |
| Describe factors that affect glaciers and polar icecaps and describe their consequent effects on the environment. |
