Do to climate change the status of the Polar Bears has changed, but the Endangered Species Act, to threatened. Meaning that if something is not done to stop the Global Warming then The Polar Bear status will change once again from Threatened to Endangered. The Polar Bears are the First to be protected under the Endangered Act Because of threats attributed to global warming. What what mammal will be the next?

Under the Endangered Species Act the Government must take steps to protect the threatened animal”s critical Habitat. The Polar Bear”s Habitat is Artic Sea Ice and studies show that do to Global Warming the melting rate of the Artic Sea ice is alarming. Polar Bear depend on the Arctic Sea Ice to hunt and to travel. As this Ice melts the polar bears have a harder time hunting and must travel farther and farther away for there meals, Because the ice is melting at alarming rates the travel must be done by swimming and many Polar Bears have not survived the dangerous and long journeys. Many pregnant females looking to den and males looking to hunt have been found dead at the shore under weight and to weak to survive. It is estimated that the number of Polar Bears left to roam the Arctic is significantly down from their historic numbers and only about 22,000 are left to roam this Arctic area.

As I am sure you have heard and many do not believe Global Warming and Climate Change are due to emissions of greenhouse gases and the burning of fossil fuels, most of which is CO2, coming from automobiles and power plants. The burning of fossil fuels, Such as Gasoline and coal, for power and energy, release carbon dioxide and other green house gases into the atmosphere. This release of green house gases makes like a “wall” in the Earth”s atmosphere which traps heat near the Earth instead of it being released back into the atmosphere. This results in Higher Earth Temperatures and The melting of the Polar and Arctic ice.

The environmentalist groups have been fighting for the courts to protect the Polar Bears, If this protection is granted then It will have great Long term benefit for not only the Polar Bears but also the health of the planet.The Act requires the government to protect anything that might be threatening the protected species habitat. For the Polar Bears that means gas and oil discovery and production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and throughout the Polar Bears habitat. This protection though would not stop at just inside the Polar Bear Habitat. It would also have to include the worlds use of Fossil Fuels that cause green house gases. The world must change or it will be not just the Polar Bears that we loose. Each animals habitat is beginning to change due to global warming and we must all do something before we loose large numbers of other species as well as the Polar Bears.

To see what you can do look at our Recycle and Save category, and there is more ways to help stop global warming to come.

When the time comes Will you be the one who can stand up and say I saw the problem and did what i could to fix it? or will you say, I saw the problem and was to scared to change and helped the world die.

Lets all save the Polar Bears and the world, A little change by everyone will make a world of difference.

Peace and Love to you all.

Tree Hugger’