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Future of Polar Bears in Arctic

August 7 , 2020 1445 days 1095 0
  • The new study of University of Toronto Scarborough was published in the journal of Nature Climate Change titled “Fasting season length sets temporal limits for global polar bear persistence”.
  • As per the study, climate change is starving the polar bears into extinction and concluded that the Polar bears in the Arctic will become extinct by 2100. 
  • The study is the first of its kind to offer a timeline on the loss of arctic sea ice that will affect the reproduction and survival ability of the polar bears.
  • Polar bears are listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with climate change a key factor in their decline.

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