Study quantifies link between greenhouse gases, polar bear survival

A polar bear sleeps at the end of the night along the shoreline of the Hudson Bay near Churchill, Canada.

Polar bears have long symbolized the dangers posed by climate change, as rising temperatures melt away the Arctic sea ice they depend upon for survival.

But quantifying the impact of a single oil well or coal power plant on the tundra predators had eluded scientists, until now.

A new report…

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News Source: phys.org


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