Polar Bear Research Paper

Polar Bears rely upon sea ice for survival. They hunt on seals that are found on sea ice. Climate change and the atmospheric warming have caused the Arctic ice to melt, resulting in loss of habitats for polar bears. This essay will focus on how has climate change and increase in temperature affected the polar bears and what can we do about it.

With the ever rising global temperatures, melting ice caps, and constant warnings about global warming, it is no wonder that the animals inhabiting the artic regions around the world are now suffering a decline in their habitat as well as their livelihood. Such is the case with the Polar Bears who may soon be gone in a scant few years.

Most of these animals need sea ice to give birth, feed or rest. Shifting to land in order to accomplish theses tasks tremendously affects the biology of many -the polar bear specifically, as noted by Walter Vetter and his team of scientists at the University of Hohenheim. The polar bears are becoming so thin that their fat reserves have shifted completely in order to concentrate on nourishing the brain, kidneys and liver. In light of the situation, scientists all over the world are urgently calling for a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, urging us to think about these animals and to help in any way that we

Plunging into Lucky Peak for a good cause. Polar Bear Challenge. Lucky Peak Reservoir, Boise Idaho. Saturday, January 1st.

In 2008 the bears were listed by the U.S. Endangered Species Act due to global warming (1). This listing happened because of the ongoing loss of critical habitat for polar bears survival. The arctic sea ice sheets are the primary habitat for the bear. The bear lives, and hunts exclusively on these arctic ice sheets. Increasing global temperatures in the world’s oceans are shrinking the arctic ice for longer periods of time during the late summer months, leaving polar bears with limited hunting and breeding

The polar bear lives up in the Arctic region where global warming and climate change are melting the ice caps that the bears thrive on. They use the ice as a platform from hunting and rest. The random pocket holes in the ice, where the seals pop up at, is where the polar bear catches its prey. With this reduction of ice, “the abundance of seals, and increases the amount of energy and time needed for hunting, leaving less energy for reproduction” (Endangered Species and Habitats).

Ice bear was born in the Arctic. It is a very cold place. He did not have any parents and it made him sad. His parents have died because they got shot by a hunter He found some friends who have a mom and dad. They fed him fish and made him relax. He needed somewhere to live in the snow because he wouldn’t survive in the snow by himself. He built his own igloo. He grows up and he is happy.

In conclusion, it took many years for polar bears to adapt perfectly to their new arctic environment. However, they’re facing a new challenge and threat due to the melting of the arctic ice because of global warming. In response, the polar bears will eventually evolved to have thinner fur or the polar bears will be forced to adapt to the increasing temperatures of their habitat and may severely decrease the population. In the future, the cross breeding of polar bear and grizzle bears will help these species survive their changing environment.

Their paws have soft papillae to provide a better traction on the ice as well. Their claws are short and they have small jaws with sharp teeth, which helps them to catch heavy preys, such as seals. Another obvious difference between the two species is the colour of their coats. The arctic is a harsh environment filled with barren white landscapes. The polar bears ancestors, the brown bear, primarily lived in woods around northern America and Europe where their brown fur helped them to camouflage with the brown-forest environment.

Our world’s carbon emissions is one of the main leaders in animal extinction. Our carbon emissions are putting a numerous amount of animals at risk of extinction. Such as, polar bears. Carbon is destroying their environment by heating up the earth’s atmosphere. When the atmosphere is heating up, so does the earth’s insides, such as the earth’s crust. As the crust is the outermost layer of the earth, it’ll heat up and essentially heat our oceans. The Arctic Ocean is heating up as well. The heating ocean is melting the ice caps. Coincidentally, that’s exactly where polar bears live. As the ice caps are melting, polar bears are left with immensely little space to live.

One of the astonishing things about a polar bear that not many people know is that a polar bear's flesh color is black for the main reason of soaking up sunlight, providing warmth, while the fur is transparent and holds no color. The reason that the polar bears fur appears to be white is that the snow reflects off the clear hairs giving it a white or yellowish tint. The body shape is unique compared to other bears because they have longer necks and heads followed with a slender body. They are they largest land carnivore with females standing

Polar bears are endangered species in Arctic area’s. They are carnivorous bears that are white and furry. Eight of the nine polar bear populations decreased. Polar bears have black skin under their fur and have fat that measures to 4.5 inches thick. They have long necks which is beneficial for them because it helps them swim and when they catch their prey in the tiny holes. Polar bears are said to be as smart as apes. They usually weigh from 350 to 700 kg. There is an estimated amount of 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears still living today.

Polar bears interact with other organisms in many interesting ways. Polar bears skin is actually black but there fluffy white fur coat covers it. Polar bears are very interesting creatures. Polar bears mostly eat seals they're also the largest carnivore that lives on land polar bears live in the tundra biome.

In recent years, society has been extremely innovative with its technology, thereby generating a mass increase in the efficiency of the commodities we use in our daily lives, but also elevating the amount of pollution that’s being released into our ozone. This, sequentially, is worsening the effects of the polar bear’s prime enemy: global warming. It is indisputable that the longevity of any animal’s life should not be determined by the preference of a human being; it is unjust for us as people of the earth to decide which animal is more deserving of our help. However, we must start somewhere.

On the western shore of the Hudson Bay, biologists have been studying the drastic changed in polar bear diets and their new eating habits. Through their studies of polar bear scat and video surveillance, the biologists have come to the conclusion that polar bears are beginning to adopt a new form of food. They are beginning to eat from the abundant source of snow geese. The snow geese have been traveling farther north in the spring to nest in the grassy, arctic marshes. Here they lay their eggs, vulnerable to predators such as the polar bear. Due to the global warming, the arctic ice has begun to melt at a much faster pace. This means that polar bears have less time and less ice to hunt for seals. The polar bears have always relied on seals