Arctic deer live on islands in Canada's arctic regions. They search for food by moving over ice from island to island during the course of the year. Their habitat is limited to areas warm enough to sustain the plants on which they feed and cold enough, at least some of the year, for the ice to cover the sea separating the islands, allowing the deer to travel over it. Unfortunately, according to reports from local hunters, the deer populations are declining. Since these reports coincide with recent global warming trends that have caused the sea ice to melt, we can conclude that the purported decline in deer populations is the result of the deer's being unable to follow their age-old migration patterns across the frozen sea.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
Response :
The author in the passage claims that, as the deer are failing to follow their age-old migration patterns across the frozen sea due to the melting of ice, their population is declining. Due to the global warming, ice is melting and the migration patterns of deer are affected badly. The author's claim seems convincing, but contains serious flaws, and lacks concrete evidence to correlate the decreasing of deer population to the melting of ice. The author should provide precise and accurate answers to relevant questions about the deers' habitat and climatic changes.
The author's claim is fully based on the reports from the local hunters, it might be possible that the population of deer did not decrease at all; they just migrated to a remote region, out of the coverage of the local hunters. Author did not mention any fact which can judge the credibility of the local hunters' report.
The author did not gave a clear description about the weather patterns of the region, the duration during which the sea remains frozen is also not mentioned. It's possible that the sea remains frozen for very short duration which may not affect the life cycle of the deer. Probably, the deer population faces food crisis during the cold season. So, the population will stick to the warm areas which possess some sort of vegetation where they can feed.
Hunting may also be the reason for the declining population of the deer. In some parts of the world, people celebrate hunting seasons which lead to large scale hunting of the wild animals. Moreover; in the cold regions where vegetation is scarce, people depend on hunting. Author should have mentioned about the hunting tendency of the people residing in the region.
The author should also provide statistical data about the melting of ice and the change in level of the frozen sea due to global warming. So that, it can be precisely inferred that melting of ice is actually affecting the deer population.
Conclusively, the author's claim is not backed up by precise and accurate information which can insinuate the correlation between the melting of ice and decrease in deer population. Author should provide more apt description about the factors affecting the life cycle of deer and the climatic changes in the region.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
Response :
The author in the passage claims that, as the deer are failing to follow their age-old migration patterns across the frozen sea due to the melting of ice, their population is declining. Due to the global warming, ice is melting and the migration patterns of deer are affected badly. The author's claim seems convincing, but contains serious flaws, and lacks concrete evidence to correlate the decreasing of deer population to the melting of ice. The author should provide precise and accurate answers to relevant questions about the deers' habitat and climatic changes.
The author's claim is fully based on the reports from the local hunters, it might be possible that the population of deer did not decrease at all; they just migrated to a remote region, out of the coverage of the local hunters. Author did not mention any fact which can judge the credibility of the local hunters' report.
The author did not gave a clear description about the weather patterns of the region, the duration during which the sea remains frozen is also not mentioned. It's possible that the sea remains frozen for very short duration which may not affect the life cycle of the deer. Probably, the deer population faces food crisis during the cold season. So, the population will stick to the warm areas which possess some sort of vegetation where they can feed.
Hunting may also be the reason for the declining population of the deer. In some parts of the world, people celebrate hunting seasons which lead to large scale hunting of the wild animals. Moreover; in the cold regions where vegetation is scarce, people depend on hunting. Author should have mentioned about the hunting tendency of the people residing in the region.
The author should also provide statistical data about the melting of ice and the change in level of the frozen sea due to global warming. So that, it can be precisely inferred that melting of ice is actually affecting the deer population.
Conclusively, the author's claim is not backed up by precise and accurate information which can insinuate the correlation between the melting of ice and decrease in deer population. Author should provide more apt description about the factors affecting the life cycle of deer and the climatic changes in the region.
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