Description
Shows polar bears in the Arctic, focusing on the impact of climate change, sea ice loss, malnutrition, human conflict, pollution, and industrialization on their survival.
Endangered Polo Bears, a mother, two cubs, in the North Pole, swim to an iceberg where they will try to catch a seal for dinner. Polar bears are endangered primarily due to climate change causing sea ice loss, which shrinks their hunting grounds for seals, leading to malnutrition, longer swims, and increased human conflict, alongside threats from pollution and industrial development. Their survival depends on ice for hunting, resting, and breeding, and as the ice melts, so does their ability to find food and maintain healthy populations, forcing them onto land more often.
Look at the contrast of light and darkness of the ocean and movement of the fur and the freezing cold of the ice.(Also was in a show at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida)
Here are five key reasons:
The Arctic is warming rapidly, melting the sea ice polar bears rely on for hunting seals, their main food source, leading to starvation and malnutrition:
Less sea ice means less access to seals, forcing bears to fast longer, swim further, and become thinner, impacting cub survival and overall health,
Less sea ice means less access to seals, forcing bears to fast longer, swim further, and become thinner, impacting cub survival and overall health, according to
As ice retreats, bears spend more time on land, increasing encounters with humans and industrial sites, leading to conflict.
Polar bears absorb toxic chemicals through the food web and ocean currents, affecting their health.
5.Habitat Disruption (Industrialization):
Oil and gas exploration, shipping, and development fragment their habitat, disrupt denning, and add noise and pollution.
Additional Information
Artists: |
Susan Andreasen |
Orientation: |
Landscape |
Rights: |
Original |
Seller : |
Susan Andreasen |
Seller: |
ANDREASEN ASSOCIATES INC |
