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Longtime Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Supervisory Biologist Bill Pyle presented his “top 10” list of research projects on Kodiak brown bears at a reception Wednesday.
An international research team led by GEOMAR reconstructs the worldwide colonization history of the most widespread marine plant. Seagrasses evolved from freshwater plants and use sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) for photosynthesis. They are able to thrive in depths down to 50 meters (165 feet).
In a recent paper, scientists wrote that a small population of polar bears living off Greenland and Arctic Canada increased by 1.6 times when they compared the numbers from the
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A previous analysis of an ancient jawbone led scientists to believe that polar bears survived a period that was warmer than today — a time when the planet was warm enough that hippos lived where London is now.
In a recent paper, scientists wrote that a small population of polar bears living off Greenland and Arctic Canada increased by 1.6 times when they compared the numbers from the 1990s to 2013 and 2014. They concluded that lighter sea ice might have benefited the animals.