US EditionSome Polar Bears Have Been Getting Chunkier—Despite Losing Their Main Hunting Grounds to Climate Change
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Some Polar Bears Have Been Getting Chunkier—Despite Losing Their Main Hunting Grounds to Climate Change
The fuzzy white predators of Svalbard, Norway, have been getting fatter over the past two decades, possibly by changing their diets and hunting strategies, a new study suggests
On the archipelago north of Norway, the iconic animals developed magnificently – also thanks to some adjustments. But this could be of short duration
Against all odds, the populations living in Svalbard have increased in weight and number, even though the sea ice is disappearing. More information: Heat-resistant polar bears in Greenland: this is how the most emblematic species of the North Pole adapts to the fusion of the Arctic.
The population of polar bears in Svalbard Lake Archipelago, Norway, has registered an improvement in the last 27 years, despite the foregoing is that the decommissioning of marine ice would make it difficult to search for food. Read more (02/02/2026)
The image has become the tragic symbol of global warming: a familic polar bear, drifting on a tiny piece of ice, condemned to starvation. The projections are also dark, previewing the disappearance of two thirds of the species by 2050. Yet, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, one of the fastest warming places [...]
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