What's Happening? Global Warming Earth is so anthropogenically altered ex: deforestation + deseration
Effects on Wildlife Physical change to the environment Introduction to new species Temporal effects on food webs
Physical Changes to Environment Longer open water season Reduced permafrost/frozen ground Increased storm intensity rain-on-snow and freezing rain Makes it unsuitable for animals to have annual movements
Effects on Polar Bears Less time on ice Increased cannibalism due to longer open water season and poorer condition Less time to feed Fewer seals Starvation and lower reproductive sucess
Effects on Weather Strong wind storms Late winter rain Environmental abandonment Losses of eggs and chicks Flooding of dens and decrease in pup mortality
Intro to new species Killer whale sightings bowhead whales increasing because of decrease in hunting
Arctic Climate Change
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