Comments on: When Arctic Sea Ice Melts, Shippers Win and Walruses Lose

By: carmisha

carmisha — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:15:09 +0000

it always make me feel funny when i here how animals are being treated what humans are at least in part causing. Some still do not even believe just how much they are damaging the environment. I just seen this video that is pretty hard to ignore.

By: Shannon Hancock

Shannon Hancock — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:35:37 +0000

Summary:
Due to global warming the arctic sea ice is melting which is opening a northeast passage way from Asia to Europe. However, the ice melting means that walruses are dying.

Opinion:
This occurrence effects the scientific community because there is a possibility of losing a whole species to global warming. If the walruses were to die off many food chains could possibly be messed up. Also, any research that walruses provide would have to be discontinued. Even if the passageway provides a much cheaper route to ship cargo, nothing can replace nature.

By: jordan nissinoff

jordan nissinoff — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:39:36 +0000

Due to the global warming there is a decrease in the amount of solid ice in the Artic circle. This is great for the shippers, who get a big short cut going in this direction. The only negetive about the entire situation is that the Walreses need places to rest after spending most of there energy looking for pray.

My opinion on the topic is that we can’t control the destruction that has already happened from global warming, but we can stop any more problems. We as a world need to come together to save the walreses. We need to put them on the endagered list and help to put the ice back into the artic. In many thousands of years the human population will be extinct from global warming if we don’t do somthing. So start now and save as many walreses and other artic animals that you can because every time you save one of them you are saving years on man kind.

By: Caitlin Monahan

Caitlin Monahan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:41:33 +0000

I think that it is both negative and positive, depending on the way you look at it. The benefits towards the shippers is helpful to insuring human success as a species, but on the other hand, it could be the downfall for another species, the walrus. It is a sad thing to think about, and I do believe in respecting our natural environment, but if this type of walrus is supposed to survive, it will adapt. If it can’t adapt, it is added to the countless other species that were not survivors. The planet is constantly changing, whether of natural causes or of human-induced causes. Either way, life on Earth goes on. I personally do not think that peopple should be as disrespectful of our environment as we have been, but if we focus the success we have gained thus far as a species we should be able to save other species in the future.

By: Caitlin Monahan

Caitlin Monahan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:31:35 +0000

The Arctic Sea melting has both negative and positive consequences. For shippers, it is a more efficient sea route than other southern routes. The problem with the ice melting is that Arctic dwelling walruses are losing their natural habitat.
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By: Sarah Posen

Sarah Posen — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:40:20 +0000

There is a negative and a postitive way to view the Arctic sea melting. The negative way is that the walruses are losing the ice that they need to rest on inbetween meals. The positive way is, according t0 the article, “A shipping passage to Russia’s north is becoming more navigable” (paragraph 1).
My opinion on this topic is that there’s no positive outcome on this matter. I mean, the walruses are losing their homes! It’s absurd! If this continues to happen, their species can eventually become endangered and possibly extinct. If this ever happens, the entire food chain will be affected. Although the scientists think it is a good thing the shippers can have a new shipping passage, there has to be a way around it that doesn’t affect the walruses.

By: Klondike Bar

Klondike Bar — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:23:11 +0000

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By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:48:49 +0000

It always disturb me to here of how animals are being affected by what humans are at least in part causing. Some still do not even believe just how much they are damaging the environment. I just seen this video that is pretty hard to ignore.
http://www.newsy.com/videos/cooling_the_planet_down