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Polar Bears Are Suffering From Painful Ice Blocks on Their Paws Due to Climate Change
The article "Polar Bears Are Suffering From Painful Ice Blocks on Their Paws Due to Climate Change" from BBC's Discover Wildlife explains how polar bears are experiencing painful ice blocks on their paws, some as large as 12 inches in diameter. Researchers from the University of Washington found that these ice blocks are causing deep injuries, and climate change is to blame for the freeze-thaw cycles that cause the blocks.
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Chilly City: Harbin Ice Festival

In Chilly City: Harbin Ice Festival, the Go Jetters visit Harbin Ice Festival in China and learn how massive ice sculptures are carved from blocks from a frozen river. Ubercorn shares funky facts about this amazing ice and snow festival. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.