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ListenThis week, Wojtek Gwiazda and Marc Montgomery present highlights of the week’s stories. © Govt of Canada We start off with some interesting but perhaps painful news..at least painful to...
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New efforts to divert polar bears from Inuit village
Every year polar bears gather near Churchill Manitoba as they wait for freeze up of Hudson Bay in order to venture out onto the ice to hunt for seals. Because of the large number of bears that gather...
View ArticlePolar bears and the ripple effect of climate change
For years people have been concerned about the fate of polar bears in the face of climate change. The bears need the frozen sea in order to hunt seals and survive, but as ice is forming later in the...
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Climate change adversely affecting Arctic wildlife
There is increasing evidence that climate change, which is warming the polar region, is having negative affect upon a variety of wildlife. While there have long been concerns about that some...
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The pheromone feet of polar bears
Polar bears have given new meaning to sexy feet. Scientist had heard of anecdotal reports that polar bears sniff the tracks of other polar bears and will often follow those tracks but may prefer one...
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New report reinforces fact of fast-warming Arctic
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has just released its “Arctic Report Card” annual update for 2014. It reaffirms what many previous reports and studies have stated, that...
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Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this week: -The U.S. has issued new sanctions against Russian oil, something that could have a negative...
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International action plan to save the polar bear
For years, there have been concerns raised about the plight of what is arguably the Arctic’s most iconic animal. Threatened by climate change and melting ice, there have been many studies showing some...
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Hunting polar bears “not detrimental” to species
While many are very concerned about the future of the world’s polar bears, the “Animals Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)” has...
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Henry, the polar bear comes home, (more or less)
Henry, at age two and a half and a little over 300 kg, is a strapping young polar bear. He was born however, not in the Canadian Arctic or any Arctic nation for that matter, but rather in the warmth of...
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Protecting people and polar bears from each other
It is an age old problem but one that has been getting worse with global warming. Polar bears need sea ice to hunt and survive. Each year the polar bears of Hudson Bay get into trouble and threaten...
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Polar bear adaptation to ice loss: not really working
Polar bears need sea ice to hunt and mate. With climate change, the ice season is becoming shorter, meaning bears are spending longer periods on land. Some have been trying to adapt to the increasing...
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Climate change: Are polar bears doomed?
All populations could decline by 30 percent by 2050 A just released report has cast even more concern about the future of the polar bear survival as a species. The international study involved research...
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New polar bear survey. Some good news, for now
There are 19 subpopulations of polar bears in the Arctic circumpolar region, with 13 of them in Canada A recent survey was taken of two of these subpopulations as previous number estimates were old,...
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Polar bears, climate change, a new problem for some northern communities.
It seems climate change is changing the bear’s habits and bringing them into communities where they have been very seldom seen before. We’re not talking about the Arctic either, but in northern...
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Changing winds may harm polar bear’s ability to hunt
A new study shows polar bears travel crosswind when winds are light to hunt seals, but climate change means winds will grow stronger in the Arctic and that could make hunting more difficult for them....
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Polar bears, climate change and growing concern
There are 19 subpopulations of polar bears spread throughout the Arctic, and while some are doing alright, others have already begun to feel the effects of climate change. Among them is the population...
View ArticleHeart breaking final moments of starving polar bear
Anthropogenic climate change blamed. It is an extremely painful and tragic video to watch. Canadian biologist and wildlife photographer Paul Niklen and filmmakers from the conservation group Sea Legacy...
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Bears, climate change and other threats
Read Radio Canada International’s many reports on bears, fascinating but endangered animals facing climate change and other threats. Bear fossils from high Arctic show cavities By Lynn Desjardins,...
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Climate threats to polar bears: new study
New information from an American study shows polar bears may be under greater threat from climate change than previously thought. The study was just published in the journal Science under the title,...
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WWF report: International polar bear action plan, far behind schedule
It’s called the Circumpolar Action Plan for the Conservation of Polar bears (CAP). It’s a ten-year plan begun two years ago which involves the five Arctic nations with bear populations; Canada,...
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February 27: International Polar Bear Day
It’s not an “official day” but rather an annual one declared by the group Polar Bears International (PBI) a non-profit organisation whose goal is to raise awareness about the animal’s situation and...
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Some High Arctic polar bears temporarily benefit from thinning ice: study
As climate change threatens the survival of several polar bear populations in the lower Arctic latitudes, thinning sea ice in a region of the High Arctic between Canada and Greenland has been a boon...
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Polar bear field research cancelled due to pandemic
For the first time since 1980, important field research on polar bears near Churchill, Manitoba will not take place and this, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions. Usually, in...
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