Geography of Walrus Habitat noted below.
Habitat and Distribution (click here)A. Distribution.
Walruses are circumpolar, but they are concentrated in several geographically separated areas, with little or no chance of interbreeding.
1. Pacific walruses inhabit the Bering, Chukchi, and Laptev seas.
2. Atlantic walruses inhabit coastal areas of north eastern Canada and Greenland.
B. Habitat.
1. Walruses are generally found where the water is not more than about 80 m (262 ft.) deep. They prefer a habitat with a gravelly bottom.
2. Walruses spend about two-thirds of their lives in the water.
3. Walruses haul out to rest and bear their young.
E. Calf at birth. (click here)1. Newborn calves weigh about 45 to 75 kg (99-165 lb.) and are about 95 to 123 cm (3-4 ft.) long.
2. Calves are ashen gray to brown with dense, short soft fur. About two to three months before birth, the calf sheds a fine white layer of soft fetal hair called the lanugo.
3. Within days or weeks, the calf becomes more robust. Its fur turns reddish-brown to tawny within one to two weeks. Calves shed and replace their natal coat when they are one or two months old. This first molt is usually completed by August. Calves then molt annually.
Time :: 9:55 AM
Elevation :: 33 feet / 10 meters
Temperature :: 37 F / 3 C
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 81%
Dew Point :: 32 F / O C
Wind :: 12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s from the SE
Pressure :: 30.13 inches / 1020 hPa (rising)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.l kilometers
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds :: Few 1200 ft / 365 m
Mostly Cloudy 2000 ft / 609 m
Overcast 2600 ft / 792 m
(Above Ground Level)
I told you so. It's just that simple. The underestimation of the melting of the Arctic Ocean was due to the fact, the vortexes were never accounted for in any warming curve. The 'trend' scientists were looking at resulted from a 'straight line' assessment of 'past' melting.
See, the oscillations of the Arctic, North and South Atlantic were very rarely studied and considered to be insignificant to Earth's climate because their occurrence was so rare. However, on October 4, 2002 when the two vortices showed up at the same time in the Northern Hemisphere at each coast of North America, there HAD to be a general understanding that 'the melting curve' due to Human Induced Global Warming had changed.
Now, for any scientist that didn't make the leap of faith then and it took until now, REALIZING the nature of water and it's different states, to start to alarm the world about this issue only states the gross imbalance of the acceptance of the science by society and governments.
I began to look for severe trends years before October 4, 2002 and were seeing issues with seals in Great Britain, changes in breeding seasons and migratory patterns with birds wihin that country and it was Great Britain that were among the first to begin to demand a movement toward climate issues a decade or more before anyone else simply because they are an island in the midddle of some very dynamic waters and very near the origins of the Deep Ocean Conveyor Belt in the North Atlantic.
The point is THIS IS VERY LATE and still today countries that contribute to the degradation of habitable climate, especially the USA, are still lacking policy regarding these deadly dynamics. I noted the other evening that some of the major network news programs were talking about the melting polar sea. All I can say is 'Finally, the public is aware of this." I appreciate every aspect of the coverage of this issue, it's a dire one and needs EFFECTIVE address by the global community. The USA has been a horror under this administration regarding this issue and the international community has to bring pressure to bring about change.
..."The sea ice is decreasing faster than all the models predicted," says Jay Zwally, the ice satellite project scientist at NASA Goddard, "We not only have the warming of the atmosphere, we have a warming of the ocean that is affecting this. It has been surprising to everybody, this decrease in area. This is a marked departure, and this is suggesting to us that maybe we are getting at this tipping point."...
