Vulnerability of Flora and Fauna in Polar Climate
- Created by: autummrosemc
- Created on: 14-10-15 20:38
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Polar climate
- 3 main ecosytems
- permant ice cover, below average, none
- permafrost: soil and rock ground which is permanatley frozen to 2 consecuative summers
- tundra- some shrubs grow and its 7'c
Human
oil and gas development
- results in loss of habitat, to flora and fauna in the ecosystem
- development happens in northen alaska
- construction of the transatlantic line from pruodhoe bay to valdez = harder for animals to cross
- 8 billion in oil
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