... vegetation. This also lowers the ability of the Arctic to reflect the solar radiation. Predictions made by scientists indicate that higher carbon monoxide levels will lead to polar warming that is higher than the global average, with more warming over land than sea and the utmost warming occurring over land. The temperature in the Arctic ... seals. The bears hunt these seals by the ices edge or though the ice itself. The change in the ice will affect the food chain of which polar bears are a part. "The algae that grows on the bottom of the ice is eaten by the plankton which in turn is ea...

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... temperatures are rising twice as fast as they are in other areas. The areas of the world that are permanently covered in ice are shrinking 9% each decade. Arctic animals like polar bears, walruses, whales, and seals are having to change their migration and feeding patterns. This makes it hard for the native people who have to hunt those animals to survive ... the ice gone they isn't going to be cold air coming from the north so they won't be able to grow their winter wheat. Polar bears are one of the animals that are being grately affected by global warming. Polar bears main prey is a s...

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