Man in Northern Canada killed protecting his children from polar bear
The community of Arviat, Nunavut (Northern Canada), is grieving after a local man was killed by a polar bear Tuesday
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As sea ice gets scarcer, polar bear attacks on people become more frequent
As Arctic sea ice has dwindled, polar bear attacks on people have increased — correlated trends that point to distressed conditions
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Polar bears’ switch to land foods showing up in lowered mercury levels
For polar bears pushed to shore as summer sea ice vanishes, there appears to be a side benefit — mercury levels
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Slowing Arctic warming called the only hope for polar bears in the long term
Just days before the inauguration of a new president who has dismissed climate change as a hoax, the Obama administration
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Ice-Blog: New report sees Arctic melt on course to tip global climate
Scientists say the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could
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Polar bear adaptation to ice loss not really working
Polar bears do not seem to be able to find adequate alternative food sources to replenish their diet as they
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Polar bears forced to swim long distances as Arctic ice melts
Scientists are sounding the alarm over the discovery that many polar bears in the Canadian Arctic are making marathon swims of
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Protecting people and polar bears from each other
It is an age old problem but one that has been getting worse with global warming. Polar bears need sea
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Ice-Blog: Can Paris avert threat to cryosphere?
To those of us who work on polar subjects, there is no question about the relevance of the cryosphere to
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Science, politics and the ‘dreaded’ raccoon dog: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers
This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow
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To drill or not to drill? ANWR vs. the Arctic Ocean
President Barack Obama’s decision to support continued exploration in the often ice-choked U.S. Arctic Ocean, while trying to lock up
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Ice-Blog: Obama stops oil in Arctic Wildlife Reserve
Back in Germany after spending a week and a half on the RV Helmer Hanssen off the coast of Spitsbergen, and
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Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers
I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the
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