ecosystems. The marine environment has been threatened by climate change. Glaciers‚ ice caps‚ and the sea ice cover area have been decreasing due to the global warming. Since 1920‚ primarily due to the climate change‚ glaciers and ice caps across the Arctic have shown shrunk lessens in volume and glacier fronts‚ leading to the rise of sea lever (Prowse et. al‚ 2009a‚ p.277). Moreover‚ the annual averaged area of sea ice in Northern Canada has decreased by 7.4% from 1978 to 2003 (Prowse et. al‚ 2009a
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Task 1 Can polar bears and people coexist? Polar bears are the largest land predator on earth today. They live in the Arctic area‚ surrounded by the northern nations like Norway‚ Greenland and Canada. The effects of global warming have caused the temperatures to rise‚ which have led the Arctic ice to melt. Because the polar bears’ territory is shrinking‚ they are forced to hunt further inland. They usually hunt on the sea ice‚ but they cannot do that now. A polar bear can starve for months‚ but
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ecosystems: the arctic tundra and the alpine tundra. The tundra biome has several unique characteristics. The climate is very cold there is little diversity‚ and a "short season of growth and reproduction occurs" (1). The Finnish word tunturia‚ which means treeless plain‚ was the inspiration for the words tundra (4). The formation‚ plants‚ and animals that are associated with this biome have several attributes that make them remarkable‚ and this biome is also effected by human actions. The arctic tundra
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Portfolio Assignment SUS1501 – Sustainability and Greed Student Name: Shitlhangu Mercy Tsakani Student Number: 40525007 Date: 2014.05.06 Teaching Assistant Name: S GEORGE Declaration: By submitting this portfolio‚ I implicitly declare that this is my own work except for the “Introduction” which was kindly written for me by my lecturer. Introduction My aim in compiling this portfolio was to reflect on the things that have struck me throughout this crazy module. My starting
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Climate change in Russia’s Arctic tundra 1. Key words Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text. Tundra‚ permafrost‚ swamp‚ wilderness‚ landslide‚ Catastrophic‚ indigenous‚ itinerant‚ unmistakeable‚ impenetrable 1. The _______________ people of a particular place have lived there for a very long time before other people came to live there. 2. A _______________ situation or event causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer. 3. A _______________ is
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The Arctic Fox By Rebekah Mackinnon‚ Grade 3 Project due‚ January 23‚ 2013 The Arctic Fox is a cute ball of white fluff. They are the size of a cat. They have short ears and legs; they have
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Trees at the Arctic Circle. In the poem “Trees at the Arctic circle”‚ the author Al Purdy provides a description of dwarf plants that manage to grow above the tree line on Baffin Island‚ a Canadian territory. The topics of this poem are very mundane as he uses different types of trees to illustrate truths about the human condition‚ and in particular about life in the Arctic. However‚ Purdy ’s true goal is to remind the reader that humans are judgmental creatures and that it is only once you
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This report studies secondary research to discover the effects of global warming and the consequences it has on sea levels‚ ice melting and the polar bear. Websites researched were NASA‚ ICUN‚ National Geographic‚ BBC News‚ The Independent‚ IPCC‚ Arctic Council‚ National Resources Defense Council‚ UN News and D.V.D. called ‘An Inconvenient‚’ truth. Evidence researched supports the conclusion that scientists believe global temperatures have been rising and that human activity is a significant contributing
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Committee: Disarmament and Social Council Topic: Prevention of building up of conflict in the arctic region Country: Federal Republic of Austria School: Step by Step International School‚ Jaipur. As the temperature of the Earth rises quite quickly‚ so does the speed at which this storehouse of minerals‚ oils‚ and potential source of energy thaws: The Arctic. The USGS found that the region has an estimated 90 billion barrels of undiscovered‚ technically recoverable oil‚ 1‚670 trillion cubic feet
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09/30/2012 Jocelyn Henson Climate Change Effects on Artic Polar Bears Climate warming and ecological changes have caused a significant threat to the declining population of polar bears in the Arctic which is affecting human habitats Polar bears‚ the largest of the terrestrial carnivores‚ live on the Arctic ice for the majority of the year. The icy habitat allows polar bears to hunt for their primary prey - seals. The powerful species’s survival completely depends on their ability to use ice for
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