Climate change causes hundreds of walruses to plunge to death (AkademiPortal)

Shocking Our Planet footage shows how climate change is causing walruses to plunge to their deaths off cliffs ’they should never have scaled,’ as retreating sea ice pushes them further onto shore When you think of the effects climate change is having on the Arctic and its wildlife, it’s often polar bears that come to mind. But, a shocking new segment of Netflix’s Our Planet has highlighted the gruesome fate of walruses forced increasingly onto shore as sea ice dwindles. The David Attenborough-narrated series shows a shocking look at walruses who have become confused by a combination of shrinking ice cover and their own poor eyesight, causing them to scale cliffs and often plummet to their deaths when they attempt to return to sea.