Arctic Animals Endangered By Climate Change
The consequences of climate change are unfolding far more rapidly and intensely in the Arctic than anywhere else in the world. 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. Image Gallery Life At The North Pole Arctic Animals Sea Mammal Polar Animals The survival of the polar bear is threatened by climate change. Arctic animals endangered by climate change . Polar bears may be the poster boy of Arctic animals threatened by climate change but musk oxen are not far behind say a group of scientists from Copenhagen Zoo and Aarhus University in Denmark. Without urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions the world will continue to feel the effects of a warming Arctic. Polar bears are the iconic marine mammal of the far north found in Alaska Canada Greenland Norways Svalbard Archipelago and Russia. Scientists and advocates point to polar bears marked as threatened on the endang...