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shenmue

(38,597 posts) Sat Nov 22, 2014, 01:19 AM Nov 2014

Beaufort Sea region polar bears see 40% population loss [View all]

http://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/polar-bear-population-decline-a-wake-up-call-for-climate-change-action?utm_campaign=species-climate&utm_medium=email&utm_source=enews-wwf&utm_content=1411t

From the article:

Forty percent. That’s the stunning population loss for polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea. The news comes from a new study linking the dramatic decline in this polar bear subpopulation in northeast Alaska and Canada to a loss of sea ice due to climate change.

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Beaufort Sea region polar bears see 40% population loss [View all] shenmue Nov 2014 OP

Kick 4 Beautiful Polar Bears.. mahalo shenmue~ Cha Nov 2014 #1

Mass extinction. immoderate Nov 2014 #2

Here's a cheap way to help: A Stamp to Protect Wildlife... DreamGypsy Nov 2014 #3

Excellent! shenmue Nov 2014 #4

If only there were something we could do, almost immediately flvegan Nov 2014 #5

Loss of sea ice is possibly the big factor, if not the biggest sakabatou Nov 2014 #6

K/R N/T UglyGreed Nov 2014 #7

So damn tragic and completely unnecessary MoonRiver Nov 2014 #8