In the Arctic Seas the climate is causing the waters to warm up. Walruses and other Sea mammals come out of the waters and onto land or floating ice chunks to warm up. Today with the waters warming up it make the walruses and other sea creatures very cramped on the ice chunks and little islands. In 2011, scientists recorded 30,000 walruses beached in less than a mile stretch. In 2013 the polar ice cap reached the sixth lowest covering in history. People have been coming in and taking away walruses in mass groups, but they need to be careful because if a plane flies over and spooks the animals, a stampede could happen causing many little animals to die.A little bit after their efforts to remove animals from the area deadly sicknesses broke out among the animals. People think it started in Russia but it killed a big group of the Walruses. Now these animals are protected and reservations have been made for them.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131002-walruses-arctic-haulout-science-animals-alaska-global-warming/?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131004_rw_membership_r2p_us_w#close-modal
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