The+Impact+of+Global+Warming+on+Arctic+Animals+1

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The global build-up of greenhouse gases has the potential to dramatically alter the Arctic environment and its ecosystems. The Arctic is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and indeed in some areas the impacts of changes in climate are already evident. Future climate change is likely to threaten both marine and terrestrial wildlife. From plankton to polar bears, many species could suffer or disappear entirely.

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Many Arctic animals, including polar bears and some species of seal, could be extinct within 20 years because of the effects of global warming, a major conservation group said. Traditional ways of life for many indigenous people in the Arctic will also become unsustainable unless the world "takes drastic action to reduce climate change," according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. "If we don't act immediately the Arctic will soon become unrecognisable" said Tonje Folkestad, a WWF climate change expert. "Polar bears will be consigned to history, something that our grandchildren can only read about in books." By 2026, the earth could be an average 2 degrees warmer than it was in 1750, according to research commissioned for WWF to be presented to a February 1-3 conference on climate change in Exeter, England. "In the Arctic this could lead to a loss of summer sea ice, species and some types of tundra vegetation as well as to a fundamental change in the ways of life of Inuit and other arctic residents," WWF said in a statement.

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Reflection:

I think that our artic animals need to be saved. I believe that everything on this earth is here for a reason and everything keeps everything else in balance. People say that in doesn’t affect us because we are so far away from Antarctica but it will! - Jonathan

I think that global warming will eliminate the southern ecosystem. But later we will face the same fate as the Arctic animals did. Global warming is causing all the ice in the Antarctica to melt so polar bears, penguins, and seals are having a hard time to survive. -William



Reflection: Due to Global Warring our temperatures has change in many ways and affected us in many ways, also are animals are being affected even more. Did you know that there 17 penguin species and 10 are on the endanger list .not just the penguins are feeling it there also polar bear, arctic fox, seals these are all animals that are here on earth and are dieing out fast. Global warming is a sign of change ,and its up to you.

- Tony