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Starved polar bear perished due to record sea-ice melt, says expert
2013-08-06 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A starved polar bear found found dead in Svalbard as "little more than skin and bones" perished due to a lack of sea ice on which to hunt seals, according to a reknowned polar bear expert. Climate change has reduced sea ice in the Arctic to record lows in the last year and Dr Ian Stirling, who has studied the bears for almost 40 years and examined the animal, said the lack of ice forced the bear into ranging far and wide in an ultimately unsuccessful search for food. "From his lying position in...
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