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As sea ice continues to vanish amid rising global temperatures, the photographer of the powerful moment said he hopes it "inspires hope": "There is still time to fix the mess we have caused."
As sea ice continues to vanish amid rising global temperatures, the photographer of the powerful moment said he hopes it "inspires hope": "There is still time to fix the mess we have caused."
The photograph, called "Ice Bed," was captured in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, the museum says in its description of the photo.
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As rising temperatures threaten the Arctic mammals, scientists are turning to new, non-invasive methods to study them
The warming planet is causing steep declines among some of the world’s 26,000 wild polar bears, but it is not universal and the picture is complicated, say experts