Polar+bears+could+face+extinction+faster+than+thought,+study+says

[|Polar bears could face extinction faster than thought, study says] CNN Accessed on February 5th, 2018

__**Summary:**__ Briefly, researchers have conducted a study about polar bears. Researchers state that polar bears are starving and could potentially lead to extinction as a result to climate change resulting ice to melt and polar bears traveling farther for energy and resources. Researchers found that Arctic creatures are suffering an extreme shortage of food. As researchers conduct their study they have found that for at least one bear to sustain their calories it takes up 12,325 calories a day. Indicating with their studies that "four of the nine bears did not reach that calorie level." They also studied that bears spend 50 percent of their time hunting which is successful but about less than 2 percent do. Liz Greengas states, that polar bears rely on seals and seals rely on sea ice but global warming is melting ice in which this results how polar bears can survive. According to US Fish and Wildlife Services, polar bears are listed as endangered species indicating the importance of climate change. In conclusion USGS researchers indicate that their population has declined to 40% over the past decades, but researchers have difficulty studying polar bear behaviors due to the harsh environment.

__**Relevance to course:**__ In our course, we have been observing how species are prone to extinction concerning to many characteristics. This includes climate change, which is fluctuating overall on human activities and environmental activities. In this article, it shows us the importance of climate change and how specie are prone to extinction due to that environmental factor. There are sections on endangered and threatened species among three levels: biological, local, and ecological (Miller 687). And also the global warming and climate change (Miller 499) that fluctuate our environment due to human activities or the two important global processes taking place in the atmosphere (Miller 472).

__**Opinion:**__ Overall, as a human being its important to take global warming/climate change and especially species prone to extinction serious. It's important to excel in technology advancements which we are but have a better understanding of the harsh environments that occur daily especially when it comes to species becoming extinct and making the right effort to preserve the environment. Therefore, we should understand better our environment and have a profound study in order to protect species that are prone to extinction and the importance of climate change.

__**Law:**__ The law that relates to the environmental issue is the //Fish and Wil////dlife// //Improvement Act of 1978.// It was established conduct and assist national training for fish and wildlife law enforcement personnel. As it also authorizes funding for research and the development of new or improved methods to support wildlife law enforcement. This law was passed in order to conduct fund research, preserve, and support. In which this will help conduct a full study for specie behavioral and their environment.