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1 Whales and Dolphins [i] (2010)

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planet heats and the ice caps melt, human and       ecosyste
animal habitats and lives change forever. Polar      Director
bears, predicted to be one of the first casualties,  1315 Ea
will be followed by whales and other marine animals
as seas heat, migration routes change and prey
species disappear. The effects of climate change are
potentially irreversible, but they can be slowed and
even halted through human actions.
The world's cetaceans can be saved, but we must
continue to take action. Unless there is a sustained
will to protect cetaceans and their habitats, the
marine ecosystem will collapse.
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