CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THEIR EYES

November 4, 2012

Have you ever wondered what climate change looks like through the eyes of our wild neighbors?


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Climate Change through the eyes of a Grizzly Bear: more mountain pine beetles = less whitebark pine trees = less whitebark pine seeds = starving grizzly bears 


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Climate Change through the eyes of a Polar Bear: melting sea ice = less access to seals = more energy spent hunting for food = less time for reproduction = less polar bears  


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Climate Change through the eyes of an Orangutan: drought = loss of habitat due to more wild fires = no food and no place to live


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Climate Change through the eyes of a Snow Leopard: warmer, wetter weather = loss of alpine habitat = loss of hunting grounds = desperation = exposure to humans & livestock = increased retaliatory killings of the snow leopard


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Climate Change through the eyes of a Gazelle: drought = expansion of desert land = loss of of trees and grass = less food = having to compete with livestock for food = loss of life for the gazelle.  


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Climate Change through the eyes of a Cheetah: loss of the gazelle = eating outside normal diet = getting less “healthy” protein = negative effect on sperm health = changing the ability to reproduce effectively = dwindling number of cheetahs




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Climate Change through the eyes of a Tiger: rising temperatures = melting sea ice = rising water levels = flooded lands = loss of habitat



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Climate Change through the eyes of a Shark: warmer waters = expanding food search area = becoming stressed = a refusal to mate = less sharks + more exposure to humans = more conflict = slaughtered sharks.




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Climate Change through the eyes of a Sea Turtle: warmer weather = melting ice caps = rising sea level = erosion of nesting beaches & changes in sex ratios = less sea turtles



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Climate Change through the eyes of a Bird: warmer weather = change in migratory patterns = missing out on food sources & mates = unhealthy birds = less offspring. 

Add poaching and human caused habitat destruction and what do you get?

EXTINCTION!

Now what does climate change look like through your eyes?

Epicure68 said...

Wow, I got goosebumps reading that. So very powerful.

Teresa Robeson said...

That is an excellent and pithy essay on how climate change will affect many species, M.

What's sad is that a sizable segment of the human population don't really care what happens to other species. As long as they themselves can keep on doing what they want to do, they don't give a damn about what happens to anyone or anything else. :(

Mil said...

Very moving. With the eyes you presented, I just couldn't look away.