Polar bears near Svalbard are gaining fat despite sea ice loss, revealing how some Arctic wildlife is adapting to warming.
The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
Remarkably, the number of days with no ice in the region increased by roughly 100 during that period. And yet, as the authors found, the body condition of both male and female polar bears—i.e., how ...
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Some polar bears have been getting chunkier—despite losing their main hunting grounds to climate change
Arctic temperatures are rising nearly four times faster than those in the rest of the world, resulting in the loss of sea ice ...
Polar bears need ice for their long term survival as less or shrinking ice forces these creatures to travel long distances in ...
Polar bears are actually getting healthier despite shrinking sea ice, scientists have discovered in an unexpected finding.
Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.
Against the backdrop of Arctic warming, polar bears in Norway’s far north are gaining fat and feeding on new prey—a testament ...
Why polar bears are doing well in Svalbard, problematic seaweed is visible from space, why the common cold hits some people ...
Two tourists from Turkey were in Arctic Bay to document the effects of climate change and to photograph polar bears in the Nunavut territory recently, but wound up in hot water with the locals when ...
Polar bears need fat to survive the harsh Arctic cold; that’s why they eat blubbery seals. Seals, meanwhile, need ice to rest ...
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