claim: The research also revealed how large areas of the polar ice caps could collapse and significant changes to ecosystems could see the Sahara Desert become green and the edges of tropical forests turn into fire-dominated savanna.
evidences.evidence_id: Regime shift:56
evidences.article: Regime shift
evidences.evidence: Bush encroachment refers to small changes in herbivory rates that can shift drylands from grassy dominated regimes towards woody dominated savannas.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Regime shift:88
evidences.article: Regime shift
evidences.evidence: Dryland degradation occurs when the loss of vegetation transforms an ecosystem from being vegetated to being dominated by bare soils.
evidences.votes: REFUTES SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Regime shift:93
evidences.article: Regime shift
evidences.evidence: Regime shifts in polar regions include the melting of the Greenland ice sheet and the possible collapse of the thermohaline circulation system.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Retreat of glaciers since 1850:423
evidences.article: Retreat of glaciers since 1850
evidences.evidence: The potential for major sea level rise depends mostly on a significant melting of the polar ice caps of Greenland and Antarctica, as this is where the vast majority of glacial ice is located.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Retreat of glaciers since 1850:424
evidences.article: Retreat of glaciers since 1850
evidences.evidence: If all the ice on the polar ice caps were to melt away, the oceans of the world would rise an estimated 70 m (230 ft).
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO