Arctic Animals Endangered By Climate Change
Rising temperatures have led to ecological changes including the migration of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha to Arctic rivers while behavioural changes in species include earlier breeding times for North American tree swallows.
Arctic animals endangered by climate change. B r a d l e y K l a p p e r i n G e n e v a. Mon 31 Jan 2005 1044 EST. As the Earth heats up and the ice disappears scientists estimate that two-thirds of polar bears could be wiped out by 2050.
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. The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the speed of the global average which is shrinking. Four ice seals ringed bearded harp and ribbon seals.
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. The report highlights climate change impacts on 17 species. Polar bears are listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN with climate change a key factor in their decline.
Polar bears for example depend on summer sea ice to hunt seals. The survival of the polar bear is threatened by climate change. To adequately address this crisis we must urgently reduce carbon pollution and prepare for the consequences of global warming which we are.
When it comes to coping with. Climate change poses a fundamental threat to the places species and peoples livelihoods WWF works to protect. Endangered species protections in 2012 due to climate change.
Barnacle geese pictured in the scientific base of Ny Alesund in the Svalbard archipelago. Arctic animals cope with climate change. As Arctic sea ice vanishes bearded seals may vanish along with it.