Animals+Are+Effected+Too!!

=Many animals are being affected by Global Warming, some are now on the Endangered Species list since their homes and the way the live are being changed. Global Warming is effecting these animals and some of the animals may not stick around much long.=





**__Polar Bears__** : It is shown that the glaciers around the world are melting. Animals such as the Polar Bear are dependent on these huge chunks of ice to live and because of the decrease in size, the Polar Bears are being affected in ways such being left without a home. With the ice going down, the bears are having to swim extreme lengths to get to land and the conditions of the bears health are going down, there are already reports of Polar Bears that have drowned. With all this extra exercise the female bears condition can become so extreme that there can be the inability to reproduce and care for their cubs and not give them the nutrients that they need. In 2008, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Services listed the Polar Bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species. They are quoted as saying. “likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.” This goes along with the U.S. Geological Service who estimate the population of the bears of about 22,000 to decrease by 2/3 by 2050.

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 **__Sea Turtles__**: Again we have some more creatures on our Endangered Species list: Green Turtles, Hawksbill, Loggerheads, Kemps Ridley, Olive Ridley, and Leatherbacks. Trends such as rising temperature and rising sea levels are just some of the problems for our world’s sea turtles. Other things like laying their eggs is already dangerous with people, dogs, raccoons, rats and more preying on their eggs, we get to add another problem for our sea turtles, the rising sea level. Going along with having Climate Change affecting these turtles we have three more ways that Climate Change is directly affecting the reproduction of them. 1) The rise of sea level on significant nesting low level sand beaches. 2) The temperature is rising and with the eggs incubation only 34°C and it is easy to pass that now. 3) During incubation that is when the sex of the turtle will be and with the high temperatures the sex ratio are more female. -  Loggerhead Turtles in Florida are already producing 90% more females due to the high heat. If the temperature raises by 1ºC or more there won't be anymore males produced. One last thing to point out is that with most of their food is also being affected, and we know that without food there is no chance of survival.

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__**Lobster**:__ Lobsters are cold-blooded animals and high temperatures cause cold-blooded animals to use more energy to feed, grow, reproduce, to store energy, and for immune response. The lobsters life is primarily on the ocean floor, which is where it find a its food, breeds, and migrates. With the temperature change, along comes change in the lobsters habits and ways of living. In Massachusetts it was found that there is a link between rising water temperature and the lobster shell disease. The increase case of shell disease is strongly related to the number of days that the water reached above 68°F. This is a growing trouble for the females since they only molt every two years, making them more vulnerable.
 * They are more likely to move to a higher altitude to cooler waters.
 * Researchers found that if the water reaches above 69°F the lobsters respiration rate will increase causing them physical stress
 * The heat is putting a strain on the lobster’s rate in growth.

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 Birds: For birds the affect of global warming on them is that it affects their habitat, food source, and was of migration. Birds are now having to leave a few weeks early due to the rising temperatures. Many birds depend on wetlands to survive, and with them drying out they will, or soon might be without a home.

- Migrating Birds: About 84% of all migrating birds can and will be affected. They are very vulnerable because of the fact that they have several habitats during migration to feed, rest, ect. Breeding ranges might may also change and shift northward or to a higher, colder elevation.

Many bird species are declining to the lack of habitat. In the past twenty-five years Cerulean Warblers have gone down 70%.

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**__Edith’s Checkerspot Butterfly:__** There is a recent, sharp decline of these butterflies near the Mexico-California border from warmer and dryer days that have been happening, but the number of butterflies is up in British Columbia where it used to be too cold for the butterflies. You would usually see these pretty creatures in fields, rocky hills, and. They usually don’t move far from one spot, but studies show that these butterflies are moving northward in a big way. With there homes being destroyed for homes and such, and the temperature rising the Ceckerspot caterpillars are 4 times more likely to become extinct in Mexico. Scientist are saying that they have actually found out that some of these caterpillars are starving. 

