Blogs Wildlife Changes Seen with Global Warming 9/11/09 10/11/2009 | Marilyn Sigman, Alaska SeaGrant/MAP Tags: Walrus, Salmon, Gray Whale, Polar Bear, Ringed Seal, Climate change, Changing Arctic Sea Ice, Arctic Ocean, Arctic Ecosystems, Alaska Marine Ecosystems, Scientists carrying out studies of wildlife in the Arctic say global warming is causing dramatic changes in animal and plant life, threatening some species with extinction. The report is a compilation of studies of Arctic ecosystems by an international team of scientists who have been collaborating during the fourth International Polar Year, which ended in 2008  MORE >>

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