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Arctic Warming: Keeping Ice = Saving Climate

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Alaska, Arctic, Arctic warming, carbon foot print, carbon footprint, glaciation, glaciers, ice, ice shelf, melt-out, melting, NOAA, polar bear, Q&A, TerraPass, Ward Hunt Ice Shelf

The Arctic is an “indicator region” for the rest of the planet: small changes there can have profound ecosystem impacts elsewhere in the world…

Polar Bear

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Are Polar Bears Faring Better Given Endangered Species Protection?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Arctic, bears, Endangered Species Act, Environment Canada, Far North, Fish and Wildlife Service, polar bear, public comment, Russia, sea ice, threatened, US FWS, USFWS

Dear EarthTalk: How have polar bear populations in the Arctic been faring since the U.S. put them on its endangered species list in 2008, and what efforts are underway to protect them? —Melissa Underhill, Bangor, MER                         Biologists estimate that as many as 25,000 polar bears […]

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