Polar Science + Climate Change: Polar Bears

Description

About 26,000 polar bears are left in the wild. But a newly identified polar bear population discovered in Greenland is less dependent on vanishing sea ice, giving some hope to the future survival for other subpopulations.
 

Sources

• Will These Be The Last Polar Bears On Earth? (The Atlantic)
• Why This Newly Identified Polar Bear Subpopulation Is So Special (National Geographic)
• Glacial Ice Supports A Distinct And Undocumented Polar Bear Subpopulation Persisting In Late 21st-Century Sea-Ice Conditions (Science)