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Polar bears are inbreeding due to melting sea ice ... - ABC News

Researchers found up to 10% less genetic diversity in the last 20 years. ... The bears spent the day rolling and sliding down a snowy hill at ...

Polar bears are inbreeding as climate change melts away Arctic ice ...

A study published on Wednesday found that on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, polar bear populations have seen a 10% loss in their genetic diversity.

Polar bears are inbreeding due to melting sea ice - The Independent

Polar bears are turning to inbreeding to survive due to the loss of ice in the Arctic Sea as a the result of the climate crisis.

Scientists warn polar bears are inbreeding due to climate change

Polar bears have turned to inbreeding due to the effects of climate change, according to a new study. · As the sea ice melts due to climate ...

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

He tells Carbon Brief that “without sea ice, there is no sea ice ecosystem – and losing that ecosystem includes losing polar bears”. Scientists ...

Polar bears may be inbreeding as climate change melts away Arctic ...

The researchers of the study suggest that the rapid melting of Arctic ice from climate change has led to the isolation of different polar bears ...

Polar bears in Svalbard archipelago are inbreeding due to sea ice loss

As global warming causes Arctic ice to melt away, archipelago-based polar bears are having more difficulty reaching each other, resulting in ...

Polar bears are inbreeding as their icy home disintegrates - Nature

With climate change fracturing northern ice, the bears have begun to lose genetic diversity ... As Arctic sea ice continues to melt, these ...

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 ...

Inbreeding occurring in polar bears as their habitat melts away

On the Svalbard Archipelago, the study explained, it is habitat fragmentation caused by loss of sea ice in the Arctic Barents Sea that has led ...

Climate change and loss of sea ice putting polar bears at risk of ...

Scientists have long hypothesized what would happen to polar bear populations in the Arctic as sea ice continues to melt at unprecedented rates.

Polar bears are inbreeding as climate change melts away Arctic ice

A #PolarBear was spotted along Essen Bay on Prince George Land in the Russian Arctic Scientists blame #ClimateChange for the increasing ...

A teensy, tiny glimmer of hope for polar bears - Vox

They tell a compelling story: Global warming is melting Arctic sea ice, which polar bears need to survive. Without it, they'll perish. This is a ...

Polar bears are inbreeding due to melting sea ice, posing risk to ...

A 2020 study published in Nature Climate Change found that polar bears could be extinct by 2100 if Arctic ice continues to melt at projected ...

Climate change promotes inbreeding among polar bears

Sea ice in the Arctic is melting faster than ever before. This makes the habitats for polar bears smaller and more isolated. The researchers ...

Polar bears lose genetic diversity as sea ice loss divides populations

This is putting them at risk of inbreeding, and as a result potentially reducing their ability to adapt to climate change as their habitat ...

Polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season

A new study found a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear subpopulations, ...

Polar bears may be inbreeding as climate change melts away Arctic ...

The researchers of the study suggest that the rapid melting of Arctic ice from climate change has led to the isolation of different polar bears groups.

Polar bears are inbreeding because climate change is melting sea ice

Climate change is shrinking polar bear habitats in the Arctic, which is forcing the majestic creatures to inbred in order to survive.

Sea ice loss forces polar bears to inbreed - Earth.com

Sea ice reduction in the Arctic caused by global warming diminishes the genetic diversity of polar bears, according to a new study.