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Arctic melt shrinks polar bears chances
2016-09-25 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The world of the polar bear is shrinking everywhere. New research by scientists in the US confirms that each of the 19 known populations of Ursus maritimus is increasingly affected by the earlier sea ice melt in the Arctic spring, and the later arrival of ice every autumn. The finding is hardly a shock, as there have been warnings from conservationists about such things for years, with the polar bear becoming an icon of climate change concerns. And in most cases of species threat there are winners...
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