Arctic Animals Endangered By Climate Change
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.
Arctic animals endangered by climate change. Adapt or die. Peter Prokosch GRID. Climate change is driving polar bears from the safety of sea ice and on to hazardous dry land and into more conflict with humans.
Mon 31 Jan 2005 1044 EST. Without urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions the world will continue to feel the effects of a warming Arctic. 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.
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 cope with climate change. Climate change poses a fundamental threat to the places species and peoples livelihoods WWF works to protect.
This article is more than 15 years old. 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. 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.
Bearded seals were given US. As the Earth heats up and the ice disappears scientists estimate that two-thirds of polar bears could be wiped out by 2050. Three seabirds Kittlitzs murrelet spectacled eider and ivory gull.
To adequately address this crisis we must urgently reduce carbon pollution and prepare for the consequences of global warming which we are. Global warming may kill off polar bears in 20 years says WWF. Image source Polar Bear.