Isolated Greenland polar bear population adapts to climate change
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An isolated population of polar bears in Greenland has made a clever adaptation to the decline in the sea ice th...
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An isolated population of polar bears in Greenland has made a clever adaptation to the decline in the sea ice th...
Previously unknown polar bear population has improvised a unique way to hunt seals that could help them to survive effects of global warming
WASHIGNTON: Polar bears face an existential threat from the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice, which they rely on as platforms to hunt seals. But in a new study, scientists have identified an isolated subpopulation of polar bears in Southeast Greenland that instead make use of freshwater ice pouring into the ocean from the region’s glaciers, suggesting this particular habitat is
An isolated population of polar bears in Greenland has made a clever adaptation to the decline in the sea ice they depend upon as a platform for hunting seals, offering a ray of hope for this species in at least some locales in the warming Arctic.
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An isolated population of polar bears in Greenland has made a clever adaptation to the decline in the sea ice th...