Inconvenient Truth Fact #5

1. Global Warming is causing ice sheets to melt and as a result polar bears are drowning.

2. http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113452435089621905-vnekw47PQGtDyf3iv5XEN71_o5I_20061214.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/10/content_6696035.htm
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/256644385

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• http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113452435089621905-vnekw47PQGtDyf3iv5XEN71_o5I_20061214.html
• The source is the Wall Street Journal by Jim Carlton.
• The credentials include expert scientists that study the relation between global warming and habitats.
• The source is fairly credible because it says "scientists" multiple times in the report but never gives specific names on who the scientists are.
• The source says that scientists for the first time have documented multiple deaths of polar bears off Alaska, where they likely drowned after swimming long distances in the ocean amid the melting of the Arctic ice shelf.
• I somewhat believe the source.
• I somewhat believe the source because even though the information seems accurate and they claim to have done many studies on this there is no identification of who these scientists really are.

• http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/10/content_6696035.htm
• The source is China News
• The credentials include nobody because there is no listing of any person that did the report besides The U.S. Geological Survey.
• The source is not credible because it has no information on how they got their conclusion that polar bears are dieing or what experts had their input on the report.
• The source says that two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be killed off by 2050 because of thinning sea ice from global warming in the Arctic.
• I kind of believe the source
• I kind of believe the source because it seems accurate that as things get warmer more polar bears would drown, but I don't know the background on how well polar bears can swim so I can't jump to a conclusion in which I kind of believe the source.

• http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/256644385
• The source is Care2 by Stephen Harper.
• The credentials are Stephen Harper is the Prime Minister of Canada and is sponsored by Nature Canada.
• The source is credible because it is the government of Canada getting involved and is sponsored by Canadian experts that specialize in this aspect.
• The source says that as their natural habitat gets warmer and decreases in size, the end result is fewer polar bears. For the polar bear climate change could lead to extinction.
• Yes, I believe the source
• I believe the source because the Canadian experts are probably right that as it gets warmer because of global warming polar bears will begin to die off.

4. I believe that Polar Bears are dieing because of melting ice in the sea and they end up drowning. However I do not think at the moment it is at a rate that will jeopardize Polar bears existince. I do believe that if greenhouse gases are continued to be put into the atmosphere that eventually because of this problem Polar Bears might be at risk for extinction.