Scientists have predicted for the first time when, where and how polar bears are likely to disappear, warning that if greenhouse gas emissions stay on their current trajectory all but a few polar bear populations in the Arctic will probably be gone by 2100. By as early as 2040, it is very likely that many […]
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Petition: Polar Bears in Danger of Being Buried Alive as their Dens Go Undetected During Oil Drilling
A study found that polar bear dens often go undetected during oil industry checks. According to Reuters, a study found that the oil industry’s method for finding polar bear dens while drilling in Alaska fails half the time. The study evaluated thermal detection records from the oil industry and compared them to biologists’ records of […]
Polar bears are being forced into CANNIBALISM by climate change and fossil fuel extraction with large males attacking females with cubs, scientist reveals
Climate change and humans are driving polar bears to cannibalism. A Russian scientist reveals the animals are feeding on each other in the Arctic as melting ice and fossil fuel extraction destroys their habit. Ice levels are falling due to rising temperatures and industrial companies are moving into the area -forcing polar bears out of […]
Hunting of polar bears must be banned if species has any chance of survival, expert warns
Hunting of polar bears for their skins and trophies must be banned or the iconic Arctic species will die out, a conservationist has warned. Not only are the animals battling to survive the impact of climate change, which is melting the ice they need to hunt on, but trophy hunters and a soaring demand for […]
Heartbreaking pictures show starving polar bears fighting over plastic rubbish
Distressing photographs have emerged that shows two desperate polar bear cubs fighting over plastic they found in a remote part of Alaska. The upsetting images by Danny Sullivan show the cubs battling it out over the plastic pollution as they get increasingly hungry waiting for the arrival of this winter’s sea ice. The ice is […]
Trump Administration Plans to Open Up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge For Oil Drilling
The White House is in talks to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The area has been under protection for decades. Under the Bureau of Land Management will offer leases to companies in areas where threatened animal species, including polar bears and caribous, have their home. The area is part of legislation […]
‘We know they aren’t feeding’: fears for polar bears over shrinking Arctic ice
The loss of Arctic ice from glaciers, polar land and sea is increasing faster than many scientists expected, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report on oceans and the cryosphere said this week. That’s bad news for polar bear populations, a top expert involved in field studies on the endangered animals has told […]
Polar, Bared
We were born for a world Of ice and snow… Our frozen palace will Soon be gone. Where did it go. The world that once Sustained us and Our babies, Now bare. Will you help us. Is anybody listening out there…