Arctic Animals Endangered By Climate Change
Peter Prokosch GRID.
Arctic animals endangered by climate change. The polar bear the walrus the Arctic fox and the beluga whale. Endangered species protections in 2012 due to climate change. When it comes to coping with.
Climate change poses a fundamental threat to the places species and peoples livelihoods WWF works to protect. 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. Polar bears for example depend on summer sea ice to hunt seals.
Adélie penguins which rely on krill for food might be among the animals most vulnerable to the effects of climate change as they creep into the Antarctic. In addition to increased rates of disease and degraded habitats climate change is also causing changes in species themselves which threaten their survival. Four ice seals ringed bearded harp and ribbon seals.
Barnacle geese pictured in the scientific base of Ny Alesund in the Svalbard archipelago. With the Arctic winter of 2017-18 the warmest on record researchers are finding a troubling range of climate change impacts on wildlife including wolverines reindeer snowy owls and more. Without urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions the world will continue to feel the effects of a warming Arctic.
Three seabirds Kittlitzs murrelet spectacled eider and ivory gull. Today climate change is the biggest threat facing the Arctic and its wildlife. Arctic animals cope with climate change.
Mon 31 Jan 2005 1044 EST. As Arctic sea ice vanishes bearded seals may vanish along with it. The survival of the polar bear is threatened by climate change.