Arctic Animals Endangered By Climate Change
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.
Arctic animals endangered by climate change. 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. Animals in the Arctic including reindeer and golden eagles are migrating earlier due to climate change say researchers who have gathered a huge amount of data to study the behaviour of 86. 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.
When it comes to coping with. As Arctic sea ice vanishes bearded seals may vanish along with it. B r a d l e y K l a p p e r i n G e n e v a.
Image source Polar Bear. This article is more than 15 years old. 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. Bearded seals were given US. Without urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions the world will continue to feel the effects of a warming Arctic.
Mon 31 Jan 2005 1044 EST. Three seabirds Kittlitzs murrelet spectacled eider and ivory gull. Climate change is driving polar bears from the safety of sea ice and on to hazardous dry land and into more conflict with humans.
The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the speed of the global average which is shrinking. Climate change poses a fundamental threat to the places species and peoples livelihoods WWF works to protect. 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.