How could the amount of ice cover at the poles be indirectly affected by an increase in evaporation near the equator? Explain.

The factors that determine the extent of the ice cover at the poles are the temperature, the winds and the ocean currents. The Artic Ocean sea ice cover is observed to change more in response to a changes in temperature while the Antarctic sea ice cover change more with changes in the wind and ocean currents

Increased evaporation at the equator will come about as a result of rising temperatures combined with the high temperatures of the summer can result in a reduction in the amount of ice cover in the North pole oceans, while the high evaporation rate can lead to higher ocean water circulation rate between North and South poles and the equator such that the ice cover in Antarctica

Therefore, an increase in evaporation near the equator will decrease the ice cover at the poles

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