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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAn award-winning photo of a lonely Arctic bear tells a story we cant ignore about the future
National Geographic today announced the winners of their 2016 Nature Photographer of the Year competition. Coming away with an honorable mention in the Environmental Issues category is a solemn photo of a polar bear resting on a rocky shore off the Barter Islands in Alaska. The photographer Patty Waymire noted there is no snow when, at this time of year, there should be.
The locals in Kaktovik noted that its been an unseasonably warm winter, and that the ice will be late in forming this year she said. This will have an impact on the local polar bear population when it comes time to hunt seals for their food in the winter months.
Sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctica is at record lows. Recent findings by climate scientists found that a portion of sea ice roughly the size of India has melted as worldwide temperatures rise.
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disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)0rganism
(24,015 posts)end of the line for a lot of species, as those successful time-tested mutations turn into disadvantages
all those natural experiments coming to an end now, with humanity sucking up the "research budget"
be a real shame if one of those species had the cure for cancer or ALS or something like that, but billionaires gotta billionate
madaboutharry
(40,252 posts)Think about what has happened to the planet in the last 100. In a matter of three generations we have brough the earth to the brink. It seems impossible for the planet to survive.
They_Live
(3,253 posts)but most likely, we will not.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,044 posts)EX500rider
(10,899 posts)...as we are the most adaptable larger species on the planet, occupying every continent and every environment from harsh deserts to frozen wastes.
They_Live
(3,253 posts)Ilsa
(61,721 posts)Make melania a coat out of the bear's fur.
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