Polar Bears in a Warming Arctic

The main threat polar bears face is sea ice loss from climate warming. The bears are listed under a variety of classifications, depending on international, ...

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

A review published in 2016 finds that “loss of Arctic sea ice owing to climate change is the primary threat to polar bears throughout their ...

Polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season

Polar bears are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year-to-year decline in Arctic sea ice extent, because they rely on sea ice for ...

Polar Bears in a Warming Climate1 - Oxford Academic

All ursids show behavioural plasticity but given the rapid pace of ecological change in the Arctic, the long generation time, and the highly specialised nature ...

Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic - BBC

Climate change and sea ice loss leaves polar bears exposed to more diseases, research suggests.

Polar bear: a powerful predator on ice - WWF-UK

So they're at particular risk from global warming, which is melting the Arctic sea ice they depend on. Polar bears generally live and hunt alone, though they ...

Paws of polar bears sustaining ice-related injuries in a warming Arctic

Paws of polar bears sustaining ice-related injuries in a warming Arctic ... Polar bears in some parts of the high Arctic are developing ice ...

Polar Bears on Thin Ice - UCAR Center for Science Education

Polar bears are moving to land on the north coast of Alaska because the sea ice is melting and no longer connects to shore. This separates the bears from their ...

Polar bears are trying to adapt to a warming Arctic. It's not working.

The bears can't thrive on land, a concerning discovery as sea ice continues to disappear at a rapid pace, a new study says.

In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All ...

When the sea ice melts earlier it warms the overall water temperature and it changes algae that blooms, which changes the plankton that feed on ...

Polar bear threats - WWF Arctic

Climate change, and the loss of sea ice habitat, is the greatest threat to polar bears. The impacts of this change are felt first and worst in the Arctic.

Conservation Concerns | Polar Bears International

Polar bears rely on sea ice to hunt, breed, roam, and sometimes to den. But the Arctic is warming and ice is melting due to human-caused climate change.

Research reveals threats polar bears face as climate change melts ...

More than polar bears are threatened in this changing gateway to the Arctic, where warmer waters melt sea ice earlier in the year and the open ocean lingers ...

Polar Bears and Climate Change | Pages | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

To date, global warming has been most pronounced in the Arctic, and this trend is projected to continue. There are suggestions that before mid-century we could ...

Why the climate crisis is making it hard for polar bears to get enough ...

Although polar bears still occupy much of their historic range, the Arctic has been warming more rapidly than the global average, and the loss of sea ice is ...

Arctic animals are battling more diseases in recent decades. Here's ...

Like Rode and her colleagues, the polar bears off the coast of Alaska also avoided the thinning sea ice and spent more time on land. But the ...

Polar Bears Affected by Climate Change | Defenders of Wildlife

In addition to the loss of polar bear habitat, climate change is also leading to other changes in the Arctic environment, such as increasing ...

Climate change: Polar bears face starvation threat as ice melts - BBC

Some polar bears face starvation as the Arctic sea ice melts because they are unable to adapt their diets to living on land, scientists have found.

Polar bear population decline a wake up call for climate change action

“This is a clear warning sign of the impact a warming Arctic has on ice-dependent species like the polar bear,” said Dr. Pete Ewins, WWF's Senior Species ...

Polar bears are suffering paw injuries likely driven by the warming ...

At least two populations of polar bears in the high Arctic are developing paw injuries, possibly because of shifting sea ice conditions in a warming ...