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anjilletteb

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The Far North is facing a number of critically important environmental issues such as global climate change. How have natural environments in the region been affected by climate change in recent years?
 
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What physiographic subregions make up most of the Far North region, and where is each one located on a map of North America?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Students should know that polar ice sheets are melting at a rate of 8 percent per decade, reducing the hunting habitat available to polar bears. are also how The region has also been affected by the thawing of the permafrost, which destabilizes the ground under existing structures, as well as glacier melting.

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Students should list:
The Northwest: The western side of Canada and southern Alaska.
The Canadian Shield: on the eastern side of Canada through northern Quebec and northern Ontario.
The Arctic: includes the land around the Arctic Ocean, northern Alaska, the arctic coast of Canada, and Greenland.




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Reply 2 on: Aug 7, 2018
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