Sunday, November 6, 2011

Animal extinction and decreases in biodiversity

 

As the plant heats up, animals that are entirely dependent of cold environments will retreat to more northerly locations. The result is advancing to other eco-systems and displacement of animals from their natural habitat. Ultimately, a warmer climate will lead to the complete loss of polar-ice edge communities. Along with this, polar bears will have no longer were to live and the obvious consequence is for sure their extinction.


A strong relationship to oceanic warming, will conduct to declines in reproduction and increases in mortality rates among seals, sea lions and various seabirds. Acid rain is also known to have a negative influence. An example would be the death of large amounts of snails in areas that experiment acidic precipitation. There are several species of birds that eat snails because they are rich in calcium, but without a compatible replacement for this loss in their diet, these birds will lay eggs with a much higher chance of defective shells.

1 comment:

  1. I like this blog alot...that is very interesting about the polar bears...also i like how you have the poll at the top of your blog where you allow us to vote on what we think global warming is...good job

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