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5 things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint by 25%:

1. Recycle

2. Ride your bike to work

3. Buy organic products

4. Suport your local farmers

5. Change your lightbulbs to energy safe bulbs.

Facts about global warming:

* Carbon dioxide and other air pollution causes global warming

* Global warming is cause for seriouas consern

*Reducing polution can slow down global warming

* The United States is the largest cause for global warming

 

 

Polar Bears 101

 

Polar bears have been in and out of the indangered species list for years.

The main threat to polar bears is the loss of their habitat. Polar bears live in icy habitiats with fish as their main energy resorce.

It is the world's largest carnivore species found on land. It is also the largest bear.

Polar bears are most active the first third of the day and least active the final third of the day. Like humans, polar bears walk on the soles of their feet with their heels touching the ground first. Like other bears, they can also stand on their hind feet and walk upright for short distances.

Polar bears are in danger beacuse of global warming and the green house effect.

in 2008, the Department of Interior reclassified the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, due to loss of ice in their habitat.

To learn more about the effects of global warming and polar bears please visit the site below:

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/