The polar ice caps are an important feature of the Earth. ... Primary producers include bearberry, arctic willow and algae; all of which are adapted to the harshly cold climates around and in the area of the polar caps and do not grow large. ... One more branch is the tertiary consumers, the arctic wolves, caribou, and polar bears. ...
Polar bears, belugas, and caribou, oh my! ... Similarly, she protested polar bears" classification as endangered because such a label would interfere with drilling in coastal waters. ... ANWR is a 19 million acre refuge of untouched land, home to bears, cranes, gray wolves, and caribou. ...
Indicator Species Polar bears are one species that are currently feeling the effects of a warming climate. Over the past twenty years, NASA satellite data has shown a 2.9 percent decline per decade in Arctic sea ice, resulting in shorter feeding seasons for polar bears. ...
The Act outlined four separate purposes: to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, the Porcupine caribou herd, polar bears, grizzly bears, muskoxen, Dall sheep, wolves, wolverines, snow geese, peregrine falcons and other migratory birds and Arctic char and grayling; to fulfill the international fish and wildlife treaty obligations of the United States; to provide the opportunity for continued subsistence uses by local residents; and to ensure water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge. ... The Refuge is th...
For example, the Arctic, which is the polar bear's home, is experiencing the effects of global warming more than any other places. As the temperature is increasing, ice sheets are becoming smaller and fewer; as a result, polar bears have to spend more time on swimming in the sea to find icy places for hunting and living, which impacts their reproductive capacities and the cubs' chances of survival (NatureCANADA.ca, 2012). The fact is that the population of polar bear has declined by 22 percent over the past decade (NatureCANADA.com, 2012). ...
To drill or not to drill? That has been the question for the last 20 years, since Presidents Regan and Bush began to explore the notion of drilling for oil in the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). Only within the last 10 though, has this idea been seriously pursued by Republicans at both the...
When he uses the metaphor "Cooler than a polar bear's toenails," (367) not only does he now appear to be exaggerating for the sake of stressing "cool," but also the reader understands with this image that being cool in not necessarily a great thing, but more something powerful and natural, like a polar bear. ...
The coastal plains are a habitat for over 160 different species of birds, polar bears, a herd of Porcupine caribou, and the Gwich"in people, one of the world's few remaining subsistence cultures. ... As a result insects could not easily escape, and predators, such as wolves and bears, would be more of a threat to young caribou. ...
For over 230 year, the poles of the Earth have been visualized by the world as white lands without economic potential, surrounded by massive ice where only native citizens traditionally know as Eskimos, passionate scientists and specific species of animals such as polar bears, narwhals and walruses live in. ... A new investigation published in August 2012 in The United Nations Environmental Programme magazine concludes that "between 70 and 95 percent of the Arctic melt since 1951 has been caused by human activity and other pollutants that humans have put into the atmosphere" (UNEP,...
Life on earth would not exist without the many bonds observed throughout Biochemistry. There is two types of force the intramolecular force which exist between the atoms in a molecule such as Covalent, Ionic and Metallic bonding, the second force being intermolecular force that exist between neighbo...
The goal of this essay is to reject Jackson's epiphenomenalist view by refuting Jackson's response to objections against his theory as propose a revised theory that is less polar. ... He exemplifies this by discussing a polar bears heavy coat as a by-product to the warm coat. ...
This makes her the radical, polar opposite of the stereotypical tender, loving, and fragile woman. ... While Antigone is not portrayed as the radical, polar opposite of a stereotypical tender, loving woman, she still possesses the stable heroic qualities that differentiate her from the fragility of a tender, loving woman. ... Bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue. ...
For instance, the status of overweight people today, represents polar opposite values in comparison to previous generations. ... However, today, in a media dominated culture, where physical appearance bears unprecedented influence on social thinking, the most affluent individuals, such as sports figures and entertainers, sport a different look. ...
Although completely polar in circumstance, there are people with too much plus no concern for the environment around them and similarly, there are also people with nominal entities in this world with minimal affliction to anything as well. ... Briefly, they have nothing but bear with them everything. ...
Many see it as a primarily economic phenomenon, involving the increasing interaction, or integration, of national economic systems through the growth in international trade, investment and capital flows. However, one can also point to a rapid increase in cross-border social, cultural and technological exchange as part of the phenomenon of globalisation. The sociologist, Anthony Giddens, defines globalisation as a decoupling of space and time, emphasising that with instantaneous communications, knowledge and culture can be shared around the world simultaneously. A Dutch academic who maint...
