Friday, May 05, 2006
Polar Bears (Research proposal)
RAEED ALDAHIS
EAP2
April 13, 2006
Research Paper Proposal
Polar bears
I became interested in polar bears after I read an article talking about the polar bears and how the ice melting is affecting them. They are dying because the ice is melting. They have to swim a long distance between the ice pieces to search for food. Sometimes they travel for maybe more than 20 miles, and they die trying. “Polar bears are strong swimmers, they are adapted for swimming close to the shore. Their sea journeys leave them vulnerable to exhaustion, hypothermia or being swamped by waves” says Will Iredale in his article (2005, par. 12). The main reason for this is the climate change. The temperature is rising and there is more heat; because of that the ice is melting and the bears are having trouble because of that. There are 22,000 polar bears live in many sites and this number is declining, according to Mr. Iredale in his article (2005). There is a movement in the United States to put the polar bears on the endangered species list, but the Bush administration has refused it, according to National Geographic (2006). Driving cars is one of the reasons that make the heat of the climate rise. In the city of Churchill there are many tourists who come every year to see polar bears in the wild. In this small city in the summer, because of the ice melting the polar bears come to look for food and a place to stay. Finally every year there are more bears dying because of food or because they are trying to swim long distances and die trying.
Three things should be done to help the polar bears. First, the White House must make a law that protects polar bears and put them on the endangered species list. Second, there must be cooperation between the countries that have polar bears in their lands to protect them. Third, people must know that the bears are dying because of their cars, and they should do something about it.
References:
National Geographic, (2006). Protecting the polar bears: The need for a review of arctic animal’s status is forcing the White House to examine the very climate change factors it has downplayed and even denied, The Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada).
Iredale, W. (2005). Polar bears drown as ice shelf melts. Times online. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1938132,00.html
EAP2
April 13, 2006
Research Paper Proposal
Polar bears
I became interested in polar bears after I read an article talking about the polar bears and how the ice melting is affecting them. They are dying because the ice is melting. They have to swim a long distance between the ice pieces to search for food. Sometimes they travel for maybe more than 20 miles, and they die trying. “Polar bears are strong swimmers, they are adapted for swimming close to the shore. Their sea journeys leave them vulnerable to exhaustion, hypothermia or being swamped by waves” says Will Iredale in his article (2005, par. 12). The main reason for this is the climate change. The temperature is rising and there is more heat; because of that the ice is melting and the bears are having trouble because of that. There are 22,000 polar bears live in many sites and this number is declining, according to Mr. Iredale in his article (2005). There is a movement in the United States to put the polar bears on the endangered species list, but the Bush administration has refused it, according to National Geographic (2006). Driving cars is one of the reasons that make the heat of the climate rise. In the city of Churchill there are many tourists who come every year to see polar bears in the wild. In this small city in the summer, because of the ice melting the polar bears come to look for food and a place to stay. Finally every year there are more bears dying because of food or because they are trying to swim long distances and die trying.
Three things should be done to help the polar bears. First, the White House must make a law that protects polar bears and put them on the endangered species list. Second, there must be cooperation between the countries that have polar bears in their lands to protect them. Third, people must know that the bears are dying because of their cars, and they should do something about it.
References:
National Geographic, (2006). Protecting the polar bears: The need for a review of arctic animal’s status is forcing the White House to examine the very climate change factors it has downplayed and even denied, The Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada).
Iredale, W. (2005). Polar bears drown as ice shelf melts. Times online. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1938132,00.html
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