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How Do Humans Affect Polar Bears

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Rising sea levels, polar bears falling through ice, huge monsoons evaporated by blistering sunlight, it sounds like a nightmare, but all of these things are happening on Earth. Earth's temperature is rising, the average temperature is expected to rise a little over 8 degrees fahrenheit over the next couple centuries. These changes in our climate can result in bigger problems than just warmer weather. Climate change happens to everyone and it will affect all living things on Earth, through the use of our resources, such as: agriculture, water, resources, ecosystems, and health. This will all come into play when humans start to notice climate change all around the world. Due to humans burning fossil fuels that destroy our atmosphere, the warming …show more content…

The polar bears rely on seals for their food source, but since the ice is melting, they can’t get the seals. When animals do not have food they don't have energy, this means less energy for reproduction. The polar bears in the Arctic are becoming vulnerable due to Arctic ice melting. All of these causes lead to a reduced population in polar bears. Scientists in the Arctic were pinned in a building by polar bears, because the bears could not find any other food except humans. Polar bears populations are predicted to drop 30% in the next 35 to 40 years. This can lead to another animal added to an endangered species list, because of humans. Global Warming doesn’t just affect one part of the Earth. Temperatures around the Earth have been rising, and humans have started to notice. March has a new record for the high temperatures. 2015 was recorded as the hottest year that scientists have ever recorded. According to NASA, the temperature is 2.30°F warmer than the average global temperature (baseline for 1951-1980). Hotter temperatures can result in drought, loss of more Arctic sea ice, loss of agriculture, and many more negative effects that can be detrimental to the Earth and the organisms that reside …show more content…

Most arguments against climate change are disproved because they lack evidence. Articles on climate change being nonexistent contain points like polar bears thriving in their natural habitats, but in reality polar bears are suffering because of melting sea ice. Articles may say that sea ice is being formed and is doing well, and that polar bears wouldn’t be suffering if the sea ice was forming. Articles use the example Nature vs Man, the thought that nature is producing more CO2 than humans. This may be true, but since humans still take up a large portion of the CO2 emissions, humans should be held responsible. The Earth was okay for 4 billion years until man started the Industrial Revolution. Things went downhill from

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