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Why this newly identified polar bear subpopulation is so special


Why this newly identified polar bear subpopulation is so special

These genetically and geographically isolated bears survive longer without sea ice than scientists thought possible.

How Scientists Discovered a New Polar Bear Population

Kristin Laidre set out in search of the polar bears of southeast Greenland, she wasn't expecting to uncover an entirely new subpopulation. In ...

Polar Science + Climate Change: Polar Bears - SFFILM

Will These Be The Last Polar Bears On Earth? (The Atlantic) · Why This Newly Identified Polar Bear Subpopulation Is So Special (National Geographic) · Glacial Ice ...

Scientists Discover a Polar Bear Subpopulation - NASA Earthdata

Scientists have discovered that glaciers in Southeast Greenland are harboring a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears. The bears, ...

Scientists Discover a Polar Bear Subpopulation

Scientists have discovered that glaciers in Southeast Greenland are harboring a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears.

Newly documented population of polar bears in Southeast ...

Scientists have documented a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears living in Southeast Greenland. The polar bears survive with limited ...

Greenland: New polar bear subpopulation discovered

A new subpopulation of polar bears has been discovered in southeastern Greenland. Scientists were surprised to find that the group is able to survive longer.

Newly documented polar bear population lives in a surprising place

Scientists who studied and tracked the bears determined that they survive despite having limited access to sea ice – something that is critical for polar bears.

Scientists Identify New Polar Bear Population Uniquely Prepared for ...

A recent study, published in Science, indicates that a population of polar bears could uniquely adapt to survive the decline of Arctic sea ice.

Newly-discovered SE Greenland polar bear subpopulation

... so genetically distinct and geographically isolated that they qualify as a unique subpopulation, adding one more to the 19 subpopulations ...

New Polar Bear Subpopulation Discovered

We just didn't know how special they were.” According to the study, the population of polar bears became genetically distinct around 200 years ...

Why this newly identified polar bear subpopulation is so special

small, inbreeding, isolated population,” · such populations we know from other studies of large carnivores are vulnerable to inbreeding depression, disease ...

June 16, 2022 – polarbearscience

Researchers have discovered that the 300 or so polar bears living in SE Greenland (below 64 degrees N) are so genetically distinct and ...

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 ...

Secret Polar Bear Population Is Found Living in a Seemingly ...

These immigrant bears appear to have adapted very well to hunting on glacial mélange, which suggests that other populations might be able to ...

Newly identified population of polar bears survives on glacier slush ...

That makes this small group of a few hundred polar bears its own subpopulation, one of just 20 in the world. “This southeast Greenland group of ...

Newly documented population of polar bears in Southeast ...

Scientists have documented a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears living in Southeast Greenland. The polar bears survive with ...

With sea ice melting, glacial ice could be a lifeline for polar bears

Scientists recently discovered a new subpopulation of polar bears living in southeast Greenland that is genetically and behaviorally distinct.

Polar Bear Research | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov

Polar bears are found throughout the circumpolar Arctic and roam across miles of sea ice and land. There are 19 recognized subpopulations of polar bears across ...

Polar Bear Specialist Group Updates 2024

Scientists have long predicted that communities would see more polar bears in a warming Arctic as melting sea ice forced more bears ashore. But ...