Climate Change's Impacts on Arctic Wildlife (IMAGE)
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Of the 201 bird and mammal species that call northwest Alaska's arctic and subarctic region their home, 195 of them could experience some form of habitat loss or gain stemming from climate change, according to a study led by the US Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station. The study projected the availability of future wildlife habitat based on recent and anticipated vegetation changes. Here, a glimpse of the bird and mammal species projected to gain or lose the most. (Bold denotes a subsistence species.)
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US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Photos courtesy of Bruce Marcot, USFS.
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