Climate change is not only an issue for humans, but also for animals from all parts of the world. Specifically in the Artic. As water temperature is changing and causing differences in ice thickness and the temperature around them.
Harp seals have really been taking a hit when it comes to this topic. Harp seals use the ice in the Artic as a place to nurse their young and give birth. They typically will look for thick ice that has been there for some time. Only the females take comfort on the ice, while male harp seals prefer to spend majority of their time in the cool waters. Unfortunately, as the climate has been changing, the ice is becoming thinner and thinner. Making the periods the seals can be on the ice shorter and harder to find.
In response to this article, it put global warming/climate change into more of a perspective for me. Animals have always been near and dear to my heart, and to find out that some are losing their homes and being forced out of their habitat. Ultimately, this put into perspective what I can be doing to help slow the process of the ever so changing world. If there is anything I can do i’d love to do it. I would not like being forced out of my home, just as they don’t like being forced out of theirs.
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Matthew T. Bowers and Ari S. Friedlaender
“Harp seals on thin ice after 32 years of warming.”
Jan. 4, 2012
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120104174810.htm
