Freezing to death in the blazing sun'

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Freezing to death in the blazing sun.

• Ringed seals are being threatened by climate
  change in Canada, Alaska and Greenland. As snow
  and ice melts faster seal pups are in danger.
  They depend on their mother, the ice and snow.
• If they dont have these things, the population
  and reproduction of these marine mammals will
  become endangered.Climate change can also affect
  the seals habitat. They live in marine waters of
  northern hemispheres and occasional fresh water
  lakes. They spend most of their life on the ice
  as they breed and grow.

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Nattiq

• Mainly their food source is arctic cod. They also
  feed on amiphods, and plank tonic crustaceans.
• The females breed at 3-7 years old, males at 5-7.
• Females usually give birth between March and
  April in snow caves above their breeding holes.
  Seal Pups are small, they weigh about 4-5 kg.

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How can we protect ringed seals?

• I believe that everyone can help protect the
  ringed seals by reducing greenhouse gases.
• We can also protect the ringed seals by signing
  an agreement or petition on the conservation of
  seals and their homes. We can all take action
  towards being efficient for the protection of
  ringed seals so that Inuit Knowledge and Heritage
  can live.
• Another way to protect ringed seals is to cut
  hunting on ringed seals for few years or set tags
  and hunting regulations for seal hunters. Im
  going to try to be more efficient at home, by
  using less energy, car pooling, and using cold
  water for laundry.
• Every marine mammal needs protection before its
  too late.

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Inuit Culture

• Ringed seals are considered as a important food
  source of Inuit. It benefits to all seasons, it
  can be caught every spring, summer, fall and
  winter. The impact of climate change on ringed
  seals is going to affect Inuit in many ways. It
  is a very important part of the diet of Inuit,
  it provides protein and nutrition, warmth,
  fashion and knowledge towards Inuit tradition.
  Inuit uses the seal skin for boots, mitts,
  parkas, and suits.

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How can they adapt to the changes?

• Scientists now believe that the sea ice could
  melt approximately 70 years time. Time is going
  to fly by.
• If the ringed seals reproduction is falling then
  soon some arctic animals will also be going down.
  But if the ringed seal would be able to adapt to
  a dryer land to nurse their pups, I think it can
  be a good start. I believe they can adapt to an
  ice free environment.

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Everything comes to and end

• This project is about ringed seals and how can we
  help them.
• I put the words I thought would be good enough
  for ringed seals, just so you know Nattiq is a
  Inuktitut word for ringed seal.
• I hope that the ringed seals could live on for
  centuries. This is the end of my project.