{"id":294595,"date":"2024-05-07T18:12:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T12:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=294595"},"modified":"2024-05-07T18:12:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T12:42:03","slug":"hopen-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/hopen-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopen Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>-This post on Hopen Island<\/strong> is based on the article “First case of Walrus dying from bird flu recorded on Arctic island: Researcher”<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0published in \u201cWION<\/strong>\u201d on 7th May 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

A researcher has reported that the first instance of a walrus death due to bird flu on Hopen Island in the Svalbard archipelago.<\/p>\n

About Hopen Island<\/h2>\n
\"Hopen
Source: trafficlist.altervista.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aspects<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About Hopen Island<\/strong><\/td>\nHopen Island is located in the southeastern part of the Svalbard archipelago (Norway). It is part of the Southeast Svalbard Nature Reserve.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geography\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nThe island is mostly covered by rocks and continuous permafrost, with a very narrow beach.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wildlife<\/strong><\/td>\n1) The island is home to a significant number of polar bears, <\/span>especially during winter when the island is surrounded by sea ice.
\n2) The sub-population of Ursus maritimus<\/em><\/span>\u00a0found here is genetically distinct and associated with the Barents Sea region.
\n3) The island is breeding ground for black-legged kittiwakes<\/span>, thick-billed guillemots<\/span>, and black guillemots<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

About Walrus<\/h2>\n
\"Walrus\"
Source- National Geographic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aspect<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Classification<\/strong><\/td>\nThey are Pinniped (fin-footed) mammal.<\/span> They are related to seals and sea lions.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Appearance<\/strong><\/td>\nThey are characterized by large size and distinctive tusks; skin covered with a thin layer of coarse hairs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habitat<\/strong><\/td>\nThey are terrestrial and marine. T<\/span><\/span>hey can swim in the ocean and walk on land and sea ice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diet<\/strong><\/td>\nThey are primarily mollusks<\/span> and also consumes worms, snails, soft shell crabs, shrimp, and sea cucumbers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution<\/strong><\/td>\nArctic and sub-Arctic regions<\/span> near the North Pole, including the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Threats<\/strong><\/td>\nCurrently, the primarily threat is climate change. <\/span>They were historically hunted commercially.
\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conservation Status<\/strong><\/td>\nIUCN Red List: Vulnerable<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Role in Ecosystem<\/strong><\/td>\nThey are keystone species<\/span> in Arctic marine ecosystems.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source-This post on Hopen Island is based on the article “First case of Walrus dying from bird flu recorded on Arctic island: Researcher”\u00a0published in \u201cWION\u201d on 7th May 2024. Why in the News? A researcher has reported that the first instance of a walrus death due to bird flu on Hopen Island in the Svalbard… Continue reading Hopen Island<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182],"tags":[11872,11288],"class_list":["post-294595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-wion","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}