As many know, climate change can have an effect on how polar bears thrive on the Arctic ice in a negative manner. But surely, polar bears can't be the only animals that are affected, which is proven by the beluga whales that live near the Arctic. Studies from the University of Washington show that the whales are forced to dive deeper into waters to look for prey during the summers in the Arctic. The researchers tracked the Chukchi sea beluga population during two different periods of times. One period of time was from 1993-2002, which was called the early stage. The other period was from 2004-2012, which was called the late stage. The sea ice loss was also documented and they had found that the ice cover had declined overtime. The results found that the whales were traveling 50m deeper into the sea in the late stage than the early stage. The belugas were also diving for food three times per day in the late stages compared to the once-per-day diving in the early stage. This may be ...
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