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.
The writer claims that the population of the deer is declining and that the decline is attributed to the recent global warming trends since this specie of animals are unable to follow their age-old migration patterns across the frozen sea. While this may be true, we need further evidence and deep insights into the claims and the assumptions made in this article. The article is rife with holes and unsubstantiated claims which requires further clarification.
First, the author claims that Arctic deer live on islands in Canada's arctic regions, implying that their sole habitat is Canada's arcti...
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