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Write an editorial about the interaction of the cryosphere and the rest of the Earth System. Why is the cryosphere in high latitudes, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere more sensitive to warming than the rest of the globe? Why is this important to the rest of the world?

http://serc.carleton.edu/eslabs/cryosphere/index.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/03/new_study_links_polar_vortex_to_climate_change.html 
https://www.carbonbrief.org/five-reasons-why-the-speed-of-arctic-sea-ice-loss-matters
https://e360.yale.edu/features/as_arctic_ocean_ice_disappears_global_climate_impacts_intensify_wadhams

Use the material provided or other from your own research as needed. Refer to guidelines for writing your editorial essay.