We watched a movie today.
Polar Bears:
- are dying b/c ice is melting
- they are drowning b/c they have to swim out farther to get their food
- have gotten smaller than what they used to be
- 1 million sq of ice melted in 2007
- 1st animal to be put on dangered species list for anticipated status
Carterettes Islands:
- located in papua new guinea
- population of 2,000 miles
- government brings food twice a year
- one belief is that the coral reef is dying
- another that the volcanoe underneath is sinking
- last is that global warming is making higher water levels
- people don't want to leave the island b/c they wouldn't feel safe any where else
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