Global Warming‚ Polar Bears 1 Global Warming Affects Polar Bears Bingyang Li GLS 470 Professor Silvia December 4‚ 2011 Global Warming‚ Polar Bears 2 Global Warming Affects Polar Bears Recently‚ economic activities are more active in some developing countries‚ such as China‚ India and Brazil. Moreover China is the second largest economy country only behind the United States. Most of this developing country did not concern about the environment issue‚ as a result more emission came out
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The different adaptations of the Polar Bears and Brown Bears Polar Bears: Polar bears mainly eat seals Paw pads with rough surfaces help stop the Polar Bears from slipping on the ice Polar Bears don’t swim The polar bear’s fat layer‚ which is three to four inches thick‚ not only protects it from the cold A polar bear is so well insulated that it experiences no heat loss. The bear’s blubber layer can measure 4.5 inches thick. Polar bears have excellent underwater vision. They can spot food
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Polar Bears Suffering: How Global Climate Change is Affecting Their Home Keelei Sage BIO 240 12:30 pm T/Th Dr. Zanatta Fall 2012 When I was about nine-years old I went to the Detroit Zoo for the first time‚ and I remember the best part was getting to go inside the big tunnel and see the polar bears and seals swimming all around me. It was on of the greatest experiences from my childhood‚ and I want my children to be able to have the same experience. Polar bears are one of the most interesting
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The Polar Bear and Adaptations The polar bear is seen by many as the beautiful white bear that lives in the cold and ice of the areas within the North Pole. They may never look beyond the beauty to see the animal has progressed through natural selection to become a creature that endures and thrives in the frigid temperatures and prolific ice. The polar bear has adapted in various ways such as temperature regulation‚ hunting skills‚ movement in water and on ice. The bears white coat makes hunting
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The polar bear‚ also known as the white bear‚ northern bear‚ or sea bear‚ is a large bear native to the Arctic. It is one of the two largest land carnivore species and the top predator within its area. It is well adapted to its habitat: it has thick blubber and fur to insulate to it against the cold as well as white colored fur that camouflages it from its prey. The polar bear hunts well on land‚ on the sea ice‚ as well as in the water. The polar bear is a circumpolar species found in and around
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An Unintentional Consequence – How the Polar Bear is affected by Global Warming Imagine for a moment that you just woke up from a long nap to find everything around you was not the same as it was when you went to sleep: the temperature that you are use to experiencing is considerably warmer‚ you get a notice that you have to travel further to find your favorite cuisine‚ and the city has changed so much that you have a hard time maneuvering from place to place. In addition to being frustrated
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In the articles "The Anglerfish Ambush Predator of the Deep"‚ by Larry Brown and "Polar Bear"‚ by Shandra Brady I learned how anglerfish and polar bears adapt to their enviornments. Anglerfish live deep in the sea. Polar bears live in the icey cold artic. These are both hard places to adjust to. Anglerfish have fang-like teeth that are angeled inward for efficent prey grabbing. Female anglerfish have a spine that resembles a fisshing pole sticking out of their back called an "illicium" and at the
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What is the first image that comes to mind when you think about polar bears? Most people think of polar bear cubs sliding down snow hills guzzling bottles of Coke. However‚ in my mind I see large majestic animals struggling to survive in the wild as the home around them is destroyed by climate change. Polar bears (genus: ursus‚ species ursus maritimus)‚ are one of the few large mammals that are able to survive frigid temperatures that reach as low as minus sixty-nine degrees Celsius due to their
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Polar Bears The polar bear is the largest and most carnivorous bear. It is a marine mammal. The polar bear is found throughout the arctic region including Alaska‚ Canada‚ Russia‚ Greenland‚ and Norway. Polar bears can be as tall as 6-8 feet tall. They can weight can vary from about 200-1‚760 pounds. But‚ when born they are 12 to 14 inches long and weigh around one pound. Polar bear’s lifespan ranges from 20-25 years old. Unlike other bears polar bears do not hibernate during the winter. They are
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While it once might have seemed impossible that the sea ice in the Arctic would ever cease to exist‚ today the trends in melting sea ice are conclusive‚ and the leading cause of polar bears being at risk. In the past thirty years‚ mean world surface temperatures have increased 0.2°C per decade. However‚ in some parts of the Arctic‚ temperatures have increased ten times the rate (Hansen et al‚ 2006). Since the late 1970s there have been major reductions in summer sea ice extent‚ decreases in the extent
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