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Greenland polar bears have learned to hunt without sea ice


Greenland polar bears have learned to hunt without sea ice

Instead they found that the bears used what is known as fast ice, which is sea ice that is frozen directly to the coastline. While polar bears ...

Polar bears in Greenland have learned to hunt on glacier ice - NPR

An isolated population of polar bears in southeast Greenland has learned to hunt on freshwater glacier ice. That means they may be able to ...

Some Greenland polar bears adapt to hunt without sea ice - BBC

However, in a rare piece of hopeful news for the ice bears, scientists say several hundred in southeast Greenland have now adapted to hunt using ...

Polar Bears in Greenland Find Way to Live With Less Sea Ice

Despite global warming melting away the Arctic sea ice that is so vital to polar bear hunting behavior, there is a small population of Greenland ...

These polar bears have found a way to survive without sea ice

Polar bears in Southeast Greenland are able to use glaciers to hunt for prey all year round, but their population is still not immune to ...

Polar bear population in southeast Greenland survives without sea ice

The polar bears survive with limited access to sea ice by hunting from freshwater ice that pours into the ocean from Greenland's glaciers.

Polar bear population hunts without sea ice - BBC Wildlife Magazine

The biologists believe the bears are able to survive in the absence of summer sea ice by hunting on fresh-water ice that has sheared off from ...

These Polar Bears in Greenland Can Survive With Less Sea Ice

Scientists have identified a distinct subpopulation of polar bears in southeastern Greenland that, in an area with little sea ice, survive by hunting from ice ...

Greenland's polar bears are learning to get around in a less icy world

A newly discovered population of polar bears uses freshwater ice flowing from glaciers for hunting grounds in the warming Arctic.

Polar bear population discovered that can survive with little sea ice

The group has adapted to hunting on glacial ice, which suggests some members of the species might survive as the Arctic heats up.

Polar bears and climate change: What does the science say?

The consensus is clear – as Arctic sea ice melts, polar bears are finding it harder to hunt, mate and breed. While polar bears have shown some ...

Some Greenland polar bears are surviving with very little sea ice

But despite having learned to adapt to their slushy world, even southeast Greenland polar bears will perish without human climate action, Laidre ...

Some polar bears in Greenland survive on surprisingly little sea ice

For polar bears (Ursus maritimus), sea ice isn't just frozen seawater; it's the platform they usually use to hunt their preferred prey — seals.

Polar bears in Greenland adapted to hunt from glacial ice, study shows

... hunting from ice that has broken away from glaciers as global warming diminishes their natural hunting grounds on sea ice.

Isolated Greenland polar bear population adapts to climate change

With less access to sea ice, bears in southeast Greenland have learned to hunt from chunks of glacier ice. ... “This use of glacier ice has not ...

Polar Bears Found Surviving in Greenland Despite Lack of Sea Ice

The area hadn't had much attention from researchers due to its rough terrain and extreme conditions, but the new data demonstrate the bears' ...

How Scientists Discovered a New Polar Bear Population

Most notably, this group of polar bears spent the bulk of its time living without sea ice, as a strong southward-flowing current carries ice ...

Here's how one group of polar bears is adapting to climate change

This type of habitat is found only in parts of Greenland and Svalbard, an Arctic Ocean archipelago. "This use of glacier ice has not been ...

Newly documented population of polar bears in Southeast ...

The polar bears survive with limited access to sea ice by hunting from freshwater ice that pours into the ocean from Greenland's glaciers.

Adaptations of Genetically Isolated Polar Bears in Southeast ...

Polar bears are forced to look for land and food elsewhere because they do not have as much space to hunt and breed. There is not much land or ...