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Arctic Wildlife and Climate Change Impact

The document provides information about the Arctic region, including the typical temperature, animals that inhabit the area, and how climate change is impacting the Arctic. It states that the surface temperature of the Arctic Ocean is near the freezing point of seawater and lists several species of whales, seals, and other animals like polar bears, walruses, and Arctic foxes that live in the Arctic. Additionally, it discusses how climate change poses the biggest threat to the Arctic today by causing sea ice to disappear and potentially wiping out two-thirds of polar bears by 2050.

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Arctic Wildlife and Climate Change Impact

The document provides information about the Arctic region, including the typical temperature, animals that inhabit the area, and how climate change is impacting the Arctic. It states that the surface temperature of the Arctic Ocean is near the freezing point of seawater and lists several species of whales, seals, and other animals like polar bears, walruses, and Arctic foxes that live in the Arctic. Additionally, it discusses how climate change poses the biggest threat to the Arctic today by causing sea ice to disappear and potentially wiping out two-thirds of polar bears by 2050.

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What is arctic?
There are 12 species of marine mammals that regularly inhabit the Arctic: 4 species of whales, the polar
bear, the walrus, and 6 species of ice-associated seals, Several additional species (e.g. Sperm whales, Blue
whales, Fin Whales, Humpback Whales, Killer Whales, Harbor Porpoise) are spotted occasionally or even
regularly within marginal waters of the Arctic

Temperature of arctic
The temperature of the surface of the Arctic Ocean is fairly constant, near the freezing point of seawater.
Because the Arctic Ocean consists of saltwater, the temperature must reach 1.8 C (28.8 F) before
freezing occurs.

Animals of Arctic
The animals include the reindeer, polar bear, Arctic fox, narwhal, walrus, seal, ox, moose, orca, and
snowy owl. Alaskan malamute. The Alaskan malamute is a powerful sled dog from Alaska. Arctic Fox.
This small, white fox lives farther north than any other land animal

Did you know?


Polar bears are so well insulated that they have to move slowly to avoid overheating.

What next?
Today, climate change is the biggest threat facing the Arctic and its wildlife. Polar bears, for example,
depend on summer sea ice to hunt seals. As the Earth heats up and the ice disappears, scientists
estimate that two-thirds of polar bears could be wiped out by 2050.

Climate affects
Were researching how climate change is affecting Arctic ecosystems, and how we can help them
adapt and survive. Our research into the effects of warming in the Arctic is also helping to influence
international action on climate change.
Were also supporting research on climate change and work with communities living in the Arctic, to
help people get to grips with reality of climate change and its local and global effects.

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