Melting Ice Pack Displaces Alaska Walrus

October 7th, 2007 in Space & Earth / Environment
Melting Ice Pack Displaces Alaska Walrus (AP)

This Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 photo provided by the North Slope Borough shows a young male walrus resting on the beach in Barrow, Alaska. Scientists and conservationists are expressing alarm at the appearance of thousands of walrus on Alaska's northwest coast, a dramatic demonstration of the effects of diminished Arctic sea ice brought on by global warming. (AP Photo/North Slope Borough, Noe Texeira)

(AP) -- Thousands of walrus have appeared on Alaska's northwest coast in what conservationists are calling a dramatic consequence of global warming melting the Arctic sea ice.

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