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Will polar bears go extinct by 2030? Part I On the myth that polar bear populations are flourishing	Joseph Romm	10 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Human-caused global warming is poised to wipe out polar bears. The normally staid U.S. Geological Survey -- studying whether the bear should be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act -- concluded grimly last Friday: Projected changes in future sea ice conditions, if realized, will result in loss of approximately 2/3 of the world's current polar bear population by the mid 21st century. Because the observed trajectory of Arctic sea i ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Ursine of the Times U.S. study says two-thirds of polar bears will be gone by 2050		10 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 6:52 AM on 10 Sep 2007 The U.S. Geological Survey released a grim study of polar bears on Friday, concluding that two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be gone by 2050. Polar bears in Alaska and other areas outside the very far north will be most out of luck, according to the study; it forecasts that precisely zero polar bears will be left in Alaska by 2050. "Sea ice conditions would have to b ...
Topics: Arctic, news, polar bears, US Geological Survey, wildlife (all these topics)

Chagrin and Bear It Melting sea ice makes polar bears starve, drown		18 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Chagrin and Bear It Melting sea ice makes polar bears starve, drown Travel agents hawking trips to the Arctic have been boasting lately of an increased likelihood that tourists will see polar bears -- because starving bears are encroaching on human settlements to scavenge for food. Polar bears have traditionally used ice floes to hunt seals, their favored prey -- but Arctic ice, in case you hadn't heard, is m ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, news, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Polar Apposites U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears		19 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Polar Apposites U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears A polar-bear-protecting treaty between the U.S. and Russia was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives this week. It would prohibit the possession, sale, and purchase of polar bears or parts thereof (ew!), and also set quotas on hunting by Native populations. Currently, Native Americans are allowed to hunt polar bears for subsist ...
Topics: Arctic, news, polar bears, Russia, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Let's Feed Them Some Oil Execs Hungry polar bears eating each other		13 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Let's Feed Them Some Oil Execs Hungry polar bears eating each other We can't think of anything funny to say about this: polar bears, deprived of their natural food by longer seasons without ice, may be turning to cannibalism. In the journal Polar Biology, American and Canadian scientists reviewed three cases of polar bear cannibalism in early 2004 in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska. The kills included a mama ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, news, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Fo' shizzle, my pizzly Scientists confirm existence of grizzly-polar bear hybrid	Sarah van Schagen	12 May 2006	Gristmill
Weird:A DNA test has confirmed what zoologists, big-game hunters and aboriginal trackers in the far northern reaches of Canada have imagined for years: the first documented case of a hybrid grizzly-polar bear in the wild. That's right, folks, a polar bear and a grizzly bear have mated and produced offspring -- a bear mutt of sorts. As the polar bear's habitat disappears (thanks, global warming!) and the range for both bears continues to overlap, will we see more h ...
Topics: polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Polar bears drowning	David Roberts	14 Dec 2005	Gristmill
I thought this new Greenpeace commercial was kind of a cutesy joke. But no: Turns out polar bears really are drowning. (Yeah, it's subscription only, so there's an excerpt below the fold.) Scientists for the first time have documented multiple deaths of polar bears off Alaska, where they likely drowned after swimming long distances in the ocean amid the melting of the Arctic ice shelf. ... In a quarter-century of aerial surveys of the Alaskan coastline befo ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, polar bears (all these topics)

The Polar Distress Grizzly bears encroaching on polar bear habitat		16 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
The Polar Distress Grizzly bears encroaching on polar bear habitat Polar bears have been having a rough time of it lately, what with global warming melting their habitat and PCBs tainting their food sources. Now they've got a new problem to worry about: Grizzly bears have been spotted as far north as Canada's Melville Island, 600 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Scientists say the far-north grizzlies seem to be adapting ...
Topics: Arctic, news, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Bye Polar Polar Bears Are in Peril		29 Jul 2004	Daily Grist
Bye Polar Polar Bears Are in Peril The latest charismatic megafauna on the chopping block of the modern age is the polar bear. Despite the work of dedicated conservationists, polar-bear populations are declining and experts worry they may disappear entirely within decades. The problems are manifold. For one, toxic chemicals from industrial countries tend to settle in the sea, get eaten by algae, and travel up the food chain to seals ...
Topics: polar bears, toxics (all these topics)

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