Climate change threatens the extinction of the largest predator
The International Polar Bear Organization has warned that global warming could lead to the extinction of polar bears in the Arctic.
"Global warming causes polar bears not to get the necessary food, which leads to their death of starvation, as the bear loses two kilograms of its weight every day, and this situation could lead to the almost complete extinction of this," said Geoff York, a spokesman for the organization. type of animal,” according to “Russia Today”.
Reports indicate that “due to global warming, the melting of ice is accelerating in the Arctic, which is the natural habitat of these predators, which hunt seals, which are the main source of their food.
But in conditions of accelerated melting of polar ice and shrinkage of its area, bears are forced to migrate to the continent, where they are unable to provide the necessary amount of food, which negatively affects the process of their reproduction.
"The polar bear is on the verge of extinction, and this should interest everyone," said Cornell University climatologist Flavio Linero.
Because the evolution of the status of biodiversity in the Arctic objectively assesses the health of the planet.”
The polar bear is the largest predator on Earth, and spends most of its life at sea amid floating ice.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, the area of Arctic ice cover has shrunk in recent years by more than 30 percent, which could lead to a two-thirds reduction in the number of bears in the near future.
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