Loss of Sea Ice Could Harm Walrus

Dec 24, 2007 By DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer
Loss of Sea Ice Could Harm Walrus (AP)
This photo provided by the North Slope Borough shows a young male walrus resting on the beach in Barrow, Alaska, Friday, Sept. 28, 2007. Lack of ice in the Chukchi Sea over the summer forced a large number of walruses to haul out on shore until ice reformed in October. (AP Photo/North Slope Borough, Noe Texeira)

(AP) -- Federal marine mammal experts in Alaska studying the effects of global warming on walrus, polar bears and ice seals warn there are limit to the protections they can provide.



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Bah Mumbug, It was warmer in the Medevil Warm Period than is now. what would we do without Exspurts.

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