due to warmer temperatures all the way from Barrow to the Canadian border along the edge of the land-fast ice there’s been an open lead that extends out as far as we can see. We don’t really know how far it is to the other side but we do know that it’s much too far for us to fly across.This means serious trouble for the polar bears. If this continues, the cubs have little chance to survive. If nothing is done, it is very probable that polar bears may become extinct within the next 20 years which is simply a tragic possibility.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Polar Bears Plight Continues
The Polar bear plight continues according to Alaska’s 2 News, KTUU. A research project in the Beaufort Sea is finding some surprising new details about Alaska’s polar bear population. The research project conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey shows that polar bear cubs and their habitat could be declining due to the melting sea ice. Steve Amstrup from the U.S. Geological Survey has been studying polar bears in Alaska for the past thirty years and according to him,
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I really feel bad about the Polar Bears plight and eventual non-existence.......just as a lot of other animals and people will cease to breathe because of "global warming". And it's all our fault. We brought this upon ourselves and no one else is to blame except the human race and the pollution we have caused, and all in the name of modernization and technology.
If we can only put a stop to global warming, everyone will be happier and have longer and meaningful lives.
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