Global warming and the resulting reduction in sea ice have significant implications for polar bear populations, which rely heavily on sea ice for hunting, mating, and raising their young.
Scientists monitor polar bears because, like you said, the Arctic ice is declining – and it’s happening fast. The ice is melting because of global warming. When humans burn fossil fuels like ...
U of T Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to ...
This prolonged fasting drains polar bears’ energy reserves, reducing their ability to reproduce and raise cubs. Without ...
“This is one of the southernmost populations of polar bears and it’s been monitored for a long time, so we have very good data to work with,” says Molnár, who is an expert on how global warming ...
Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...
We all know that the repercussions of global warming are complex and multifarious ... frigid environs of the Arctic Circle, like the polar bear, are facing far more challenging issues.
Nunavut, Canada – where thousands of polar bears live – is projected to grow nearly 40 per cent by 2043. Small bees better at coping with global warming, bumblebees struggle, study reveals ...
The polar bear population decline in the Western Hudson Bay has been linked to warming temperatures [Victoria Gill/BBC] There are 20 known sub-populations of polar bears across the Arctic.
Those disruptions to the circulation are happening more often as global warming has weakened the polar vortex. What’s less clear is whether those events are also leading to bouts of cold on the ...