Sweet Little Bears

For my first post- I want to discuss climate change just a little bit- of course climate change will be a topic that will be discussed quite frequently here. So, there are all of these reports out there that tell us that Climate Change is taking place. But to be honest they are all so hard to understand- I mean, i get the basics as I am sure most of you do but the majority is hard to understand- I was a liberal arts major- i just took the basic biology classes (looking back now i sure wish i paid more attention). The purpose of this blog will be to try and find articles that might peak the interest of us regular people and hopefully get people to wake up and realize that this is real- its not a political issue. And Hopefully i will find ways to open your eyes. So for my first post- Look at it this way- if we don't do something(i'll get to what you can do soon) about the environment ASAP we will hurt the precious little bears to the left.

The folowing are some important and easy to understand facts from a recent report by the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change full articel can be found on the WWF's website (www.panda.org).

"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has confirmed that human-induced climate change is a reality. It can no longer be dismissed as a theoretical, academic concept nor a politically motivated doomsday prophecy. In the Arctic, climate change impacts will be seen earlier are more dramatically than elsewhere in the world."

"Air temperatures in the Arctic have on average increased by about 5°C over the last 100 years"
"Arctic sea ice extent has decreased by 14% since the 1970s. "

What does this all mean for the polar bear? Well- the Sea Ice is melting earlier- The polar bear needs time on the ice to store up for summer and autum because food is less available to them at these times. If something isnt done about climate change soon- the period that these bears will have without food will become increasingly longer. And well, it doesnt take a genious to figure our what will happen then. They will DIE. So here comes the part of "what can i do to help" . After each post that i try to appeal to your compasionate side i will post something that you can do on your own. Sure there are about a billon things that the big time politicians can do- but these will be simple suggestions that if you and everyone you know will try to accomplish it will truly make a difference.