1. For every one degree Celsius rise in temperature, Alaska’s boreal forests have been expanding northward by about 100 kms.
2. When shopping, use a reusable bag instead of a disposable one. Plastic bags pollute the air, groundwater and soil.
3. The major seal breeding grounds in the Bering Sea have seen fur-seal pup numbers fall by 50% between the 1950s and 1980s.
4. The extent of sea-ice in the Nordic seas have shrunk by 30% over the last 130 years.
5. Extreme weather conditions like heat waves and strong tropical storms will become more frequent, if temperatures continue to rise.
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