T. -- Global warming threatens some of the world's most spectacular species, including polar bears. Melting Arctic ice flows are forcing polar bears to swim farther out to sea to find food. Some are drowning and recent reports suggest that others have turned to cannibalism to survive. That's why we'd like to ask you to take a moment to read the message below from Environmental Defense and take action to fight global warming.

Global warming is causing polar bears to starve and drown. Send a message to Congress: Enough talk. Take Action on Global Warming! Dear T., Global warming is the most serious environmental threat of our time. We are already seeing dramatic changes to our natural world, and this is harming wildlife. Polar bears are drowning and facing starvation as more and more of their habitat is lost to global warming. Help us stop global warming and save polar bears! Send a message to Congress: Enough Talk. Take Action on Global Warming! At current rates of warming, within just a few years the Arctic could be ice-free in summer months, devastating polar bears and other Arctic wildlife that depend on iceflows for feeding and breeding. But we don't have to wait decades to see global warming's toll. Already, polar bears are drowning because they are forced to swim up to 60 miles in open sea to find food much farther out than normal. And, recent studies suggest that for the first time on record some bears have even turned to cannibalism to survive. Unless we act now, polar bears and other Arctic wildlife could be pushed to the brink of extinction within our lifetimes. There is no time to lose. We must act now to cut our global warming emissions. Send a message to Congress that we need effective global warming solutions, not more hot air. We need to cut global warming pollution now. Enough Talk. Take Action on Global Warming! Thank you, Environmental Defense

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