The impact of global warming on polar bears is having far reaching effects. Polar bears are a part of a very delicately balanced ecosystem. As global temperatures rise the Arctic sea ice is melting and it is reported by the U.S. Geological Survey Office that there will be a reduction of as much as 2/3’s in the polar bear population over the next 50 years.
As the ice melts these iconic animals are losing their habitat and hunting grounds. They mainly hunt seals, which live on arctic ice. The seals swim under the pack ice, surfacing through breathing holes for air and to rest upon the ice. The polar bears lay in wait at these breathing holes, to capture their prey.
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Children need to be educated about our planet and all the different life forms that inhabit the earth. Teaching a child about the millions of species of animals that exist in this world, half of them in the rainforests, is a good thing. This article on the endangered rainforest animals for your kids to know covers some of these animals in danger of extinction to create awareness among children. Since our children are the future of our country, teaching them is our duty.
Children need to be made aware that most animal extinction and endangerment is caused by human activities. There are many animal rights activists who strive valiantly to save the endangered species and stop extinction but it is a long, hard battle. Rainforests are under constant threat and saving the rainforest means saving the animals that inhabit the forest. Tropical rainforests are considered to be nature’s largest pharmacy due to the numerous natural medicines found there.
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Scientists nowadays have been keeping a close eye in different species of animals because of the climate change that we are experiencing right now. Since 2003, they even recorded a decline in the population of Atlantic animals like puffins which estimated to more than 30 percent decline. With the problems that we are encountering now, scientists tried using very highly effective technologies to track the causes behind the decline of the population of such animals like the puffins. Puffins are seabirds that are almost similar with the penguins in terms of shape and color that must have been caused by convergent evolution.
But it is not only the focus of the scientists. Scientists or even biologists have a big responsibility to our nature and the surroundings. They keep on protecting and saving on the lives of every organism for a higher expectancy on the growth of the population of animals which had declined these years. Scientists have recently tracked two kinds of turtles off the west coast of Africa. They were rescued and brought to a place where they belong. These turtles were classified as leatherback turtles that could be probably listed in one of the endangered species today. Highly developed technology helps track animals who are in danger and not in its proper movement. This technology is the satellite transmitter that precisely tracks of the animals’ movements.
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