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Animals that are affected due to Climate Change. Animals that are affected by climate change. The Pika Polar Bears. The penguins. Caribou. Pika. A pika is a small hamster-like animal. Pikas are going to be extinct soon because of climate change.
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Animals that are affected by climate change • The PikaPolar Bears The penguins Caribou
Pika • A pikais a small hamster-like animal. • Pikas are going to be extinct soon because of climate change. • Since pikas live in cold weather, climate change is affecting their habitat by making the cold weather hotter.
Ups and downs of penguins • Over the past 25 years, the population of Adelie penguins decreased by 22% while the population of Chinstrap penguins increased by 400%. • Since Adelie penguins live in cold weather and due to climate change they are dying. • But Chinstrap penguins could live in warm weather their population would increasedue to climate change making the world warmer.
The Caribou • Caribou is from the reindeer species. • Since Caribous have lots of fur and lack of sweat glands, during summer its very hard for them to survive.
POLAR BEARS • Polar bears feed by scouring openings in the ice. • Because of global warming, ice is melting and polar bears have to look somewhere else to find food. • Even if polar bears find other foods, they are not getting the proper nutrition they need.
Musk oxen Source:www.usnews.com/news/energy/slideshows/10-animals-threatened-by-global-warming/4 • Musk oxen are large mammals that are adapted to live in the coldest of habitiats. • Longer warmer summers could kill musk oxens.