Importance Of The Arctic Ecosystem

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The arctic ecosystem has its own food web which is made for its own animal and species and other environmental characteristics. Carbon cycles through the web from atmosphere and to the seawater. The arctic ecosystem helps reduce global warming and helps keep the temperature normal. Earths poles are cold because they get very less sunlight. The arctic ocean insulates the air. Arctic ecosystems have over thousands of algae, microbes, fish, birds and marine mammals. The Arctic ocean is one of the largest oceans in the world. The arctic includes environmental changes in increased warmth, decrease in increase in precipitation component, in see ice cover, arctic ecosystems are important part of global diversity. The arctic ocean has a big role …show more content…
Their bodies are very fat and thick which means they don’t get affected by the cold water and air that surrounds them. Polar bears spend 50% of their time hunting for food because of all of the loss in their sea ice from the climate change, polar bears are listed as endangered species. Polar bears are suffering a lot because of global warming, If the temperature of earth goes up then the sea ice that the polar bears live on will melt. When the ice melts the polar bears wont be able to find food, the polar bears only eat seals and other animals that live on top of the sea. The ocean doesn't freeze as much as before so the Polar Bear can't find food and its numbers are starting to become smaller. The more time Polar bears spend long periods without food they will eventually die, most of them wont be able to reproduce again. Oil spills can destroy the fur of polar bears which can cause death. Some of the foods that polar bears hunt most of them are poisoned which can cause the polar bear liver and kidney damage. Most bears can get poisoned just when a bit of oil touches their fur.
Blasts, constructions, transportations, and oil factories can affect polar bears. The arctic food chain contain toxic and chemicals. Bears with diseases have vitamin A, thyroid hormones, and antibodies, all of this is caused by
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It can also be a positive thing because people would want to come and see them. The environmental changes have affected things people value. In consequence, people have migrated or changed their ways of living as polar ice advanced. The point that ill be making is linked to the environmental factor. The climate change in the Artic represents a major risk and the climate change. Cutting the price of shipping would be a economic benefit.The main problem is that new weather conditions will increase the presence of more icebergs going around and that is a higher chance to have negative effects on the ecosystem. The Arctic harbours are rich of minerals, copper, platinum, diamonds, gold, lead and zinc which is likely to increase the cost of the industry. Warmer waters will cause some species to migrate because it affects them in a negative way and it will also mean that fishing will not be possible to some areas. From a social point of view, climate change is deeply affecting circus polar

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