Monday, December 1, 2014

Polar Bears In Danger

Recent trends in loss of sea ice will have devastating effects on Polar bear populations in the near future.  Sea ice is shrinking every year and the effect son marine and polar life are tremendous, as sea ice becomes rarer during several months of the years polar bear will lose much of their natural habitat and entire ecosystems will disappear.  Researcher looked at projections for sea ice throughout the 21st century and the "metrics developed from polar bear energetics models" to predict the future of these endangered animals.  The longer periods of ice free environments will have huge detrimental effect son polar bear hunting and mating and will result in starvation and mass extinction in the Archipelago.  Researchers predict between ten and twenty five percent of the global polar beer population will disappear in the near future.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126144235.htm
http://assets.worldwildlife.org/photos/2330/images/hero_full/polar-bear-hero.jpg?1345901694

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