Since 1979, Arctic sea ice in September has been declining at a rate of about 13% per decade, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The melting ice correlates to the planet's rising ...

Melting ice is forcing polar bears on land. Polar bear patrols can help As climate change warms up the planet, polar bears are pushed closer to human habitats, leading to dangerous interactions.

Polar bears are inbreeding due to melting sea ice, posing risk to survival of the species, scientists say. Researchers found up to 10% less genetic diversity in the last 20 years.

Polar bears and melting ice Back. Print Commentary. Friday, March 7, 2008 ...

Polar Bears Film Their Own Sea Ice World by USGS on YouTube. This time, the video cameras worked. When we recovered them, we had collected eight to 11 days of footage showing polar bears' behavior ...

One result of melting Arctic ice is that polar bears are forced to swim more often and further than ever to forage for food. New research by BYU biologist Blaine Griffen finds the increase in swimming ...

Polar bears are often used as the face of climate change and the melting of the Arctic. They have long been cast as one of the first large, familiar species to possibly go extinct because of a ...

Melting ice forces bears to seek food on shore. Todd Atwood, who leads the polar bear research program at the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center, ...

MORE: Polar bears are inbreeding due to melting sea ice, posing risk to survival of the species, scientists say. Churchill is located in central Canada, right along the coast of the Hudson Bay.

Melting sea ice in the wake of climate change is exacerbating the already naturally high energy demands of polar bears. As Arctic sea ice retreats more and more, seals become harder to hunt.

The polar bear has become the poster child of global warming, but there's more to the Arctic than ice and polar bears. Beyond these two famous and Skip to main content Skip to footer site map ...

In studying polar bears in Canada and Alaska, Derocher found that melting ice often leads to bears getting caught in places they can’t survive, so they’re forced to go on extremely long ...