As the Ice Melts, Polar Bears Confront a Warming World
Warmer temperatures mean polar bears in Manitoba, the polar bear capital of the world, are spending more time on land than their ancestors did, as they wait for the ice in the bay to form. Since the hungry bears can’t get out on the ice to hunt seals, it’s complicating their coexistence with humans, and, in the long-term, threatening the polar bears' very survival. This video is excerpted from BBC News.
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