Walruses, tens of thousands of them are coming to shore in northwest Alaska, which is unusual in the United States. The sea ice that they normally rest apon has melted. This has happened before, twice, in fact, in 2007 and 2009, when Arctic sea ice was at low levels. These walruses are packed on the shore for at least a mile, maybe more.
There is also a concern about the one-ton female walruses stampeding and crushing each other.There is a possibility that walruses should be put on the endangered species list, because scientists don't know how long the "camp out" will last or even if they will have enough food.
I think that this is, and is going to be a serious problem. If walruses can't find a place to rest, they will eventually tire, and die. Even though there are so many now, if this continues, and walruses have to find alternative places to rest, the walrus population will decrease. Scientist need to find a way to preserve these ice caps so the animals that inhabit there don't have to worry about their homes being destroyed and having to search for alternative places to inhabit.
This problem is relating to environmental science because global warming has a big part in this. The ice caps are melting, which causes the walruses to migrate to Alaska.
When I read this it made me really sad because its like the walruses' homes are being destroyed and there is nothing that people are doing to save the homes. Though when our homes are destroyed people come together to rebuild them. So I think that we need to all get together and save the walruses' homes because they can't.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think that walruses should be placed on the endangered species list. I wonder if they will adapt to a different environment or if they will just continue moving like you said until they all die out. Something definitely needs to be done to persevere the ice caps.
ReplyDeleteIf I could honestly say, it's not global warming that is melting the icecaps. It's actually a cycle earth went through millions of years ago. Either way this is just one of natures way of bringing the walrus population down to size. Though there is the problem of piling up walrus bodies, we could take the time to take the bodies and use them for what resources they have that are still good. Also the best someone could do is make a large reserve on one of the coasts.
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