Arctic Animals Endangered By Climate Change
From polar bears in the Arctic to marine turtles off the coast of Africa our planets diversity of life is at risk from the changing climate.
Arctic animals endangered by climate change. And two terrestrial mammals cariboureindeer and muskox. Rising sea levels changes in climate and precipitation patterns increasing severe weather events and loss of fish stocks birds and marine mammals. To adequately address this crisis we must urgently reduce carbon pollution and prepare for the consequences of global warming which we are.
Four whales gray beluga bowhead and narwhal. The survival of the polar bear is threatened by climate change. As the Earth heats up and the ice disappears scientists estimate that two-thirds of polar bears could be wiped out by 2050.
Arctic animals cope with climate change. This article is more than 15 years old. Changes in the cryosphere dominate the physical changes that already affect these animals but increasing air temperatures changes in precipitation a.
Image source Polar Bear. Climate change may also be altering the currents and nutrient cycling in some parts of the bearded seals range which may be affecting the abundance of the fish and shellfish the species preys upon. The polar bear the walrus the Arctic fox and the beluga whale.
Arctic Animals and a Changing Climate Learn about the effects of a changing climate on the Arctic ecosystem and four of its well-known mammals. Climate change is taking place more rapidly and severely in the Arctic than anywhere on the globe exposing Arctic vertebrates to a host of impacts. The report highlights climate change impacts on 17 species.
Polar bears for example depend on summer sea ice to hunt seals. Today climate change is the biggest threat facing the Arctic and its wildlife. B r a d l e y K l a p p e r i n G e n e v a.