Arctic Animals Endangered By Climate Change
Bearded seals were given US.
Arctic animals endangered by climate change. The report highlights climate change impacts on 17 species. 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. Today climate change is the biggest threat facing the Arctic and its wildlife.
To adequately address this crisis we must urgently reduce carbon pollution and prepare for the consequences of global warming which we are. Climate change poses a fundamental threat to the places species and peoples livelihoods WWF works to protect. But the ringed seal the smallest Arctic seal species cannot.
Three seabirds Kittlitzs murrelet spectacled eider and ivory gull. Global warming may kill off polar bears in 20 years says WWF. As Arctic sea ice vanishes bearded seals may vanish along with it.
Four whales gray beluga bowhead and narwhal. Rising sea levels changes in climate and precipitation patterns increasing severe weather events and loss of fish stocks birds and marine mammals. Climate change is driving polar bears from the safety of sea ice and on to hazardous dry land and into more conflict with humans.
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. Image source Polar Bear. Endangered species protections in 2012 due to climate change.
In addition to increased rates of disease and degraded habitats climate change is also causing changes in species themselves which threaten their survival. Climate change may also be altering the currents and nutrient cycling in some parts of the bearded seals range which may be affecting the abundance of the fish and shellfish the species preys upon. Peter Prokosch GRID.