Polar Bears

This has been the first post in a while as I have been away over the break. Anyways, I have been interested in the news about the impacts of climate change on polar bears in the oceans. It is crazy what is happening to these animals. Many websites provide statistics to this issue and it is unbelievable what the impacts are. I wanted to get some more local results to understand these impacts close to home. On a site for the Times there was an article that stated that since 1987, the population of polar bears in Hudson Bay has dropped by 22% due to climate change. With the increase in temperatures, the ice is melting and the bears are forced to swim long distances. Four carcasses were found in a one month period from bears that had drowned off Alaska (in 2005). It makes me wonder what other types of impacts these temperature changes will have on other marine life and also humans. I know that there are many warnings from scientists and such, but to see these deadly results just proves the threat that climate change can pose.