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If you ask children or college students to draw pictures to illustrate climate change, chances are that polar bears will make an appearance. Since activists started fighting to protect the climate in ...
The human brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than text. That’s not just a quirky fact—it’s a wake-up call for ...
Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images SVALBARD, NORWAY: Climate change poses a significant threat to the habitats of Arctic wildlife species including caribou and polar bears. Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency ...
Siku, a polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo ... this may be linked to climate change, which is causing higher pollen counts and longer allergy seasons. "It's my impression that we're seeing more ...
Although sad and ... from the 1960s bear numbers is attributed to hunting bans in the early 1970s. Just like bears, people need food. And like with bears, the impact of climate change will vary ...
Children are afraid of war and that the poles are melting and there will soon be no more polar bears ... Fear of the climate crisis is quite realistic, and images of war naturally trigger fears.
Last week, a polar bear injured a skier on Baffin Island. Several readers commented on the incident. We try to unpack the ...
Over the past few decades, the polar bear population in Canada’s western Hudson Bay has dropped dramatically. Archer: “There’s about half as many polar bears there in recent years, compared to the ...
PBI monitors polar bears across the Arctic partly to determine the impacts of climate change on the behavior and physical condition of the animals as well as population trends. One program has ...
In these areas, they are at the very top of the food chain, with their main threats being other polar bears and traditional hunting by locals. However, climate change has become the biggest threat ...
Since WCCO first visited Churchill in 1993, the polar bear population here has been cut in half, according to estimates shared by Polar Bears International.
Tallinn Zoo welcomed polar bear sisters Skadi and Kaja on Wednesday, and by the next day, they were already exploring, adapting, and playfully settling into their new enclosure. The sisters ...