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News - Polar Bear

Canada opposes U.S. effort to ban polar bear trade

Saturday, 06 March 2010 11:37

A cross-border battle is looming over polar bears, the Arctic giants that provoke passionate reactions in both Canada and the United States. The U.S. wants to ban the trade in polar-bear body parts, a proposal that will be considered at a meeting beginning next week of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Canada, the only country allowing the sale of bear skins and trophy hunting of the …

Arctic polar bears imperilled by man-made pollution

Thursday, 14 January 2010 17:55

The long term survival of polar bears is being threatened by man-made pollution that is reaching the Arctic. This conclusion comes from a major review of research into how industrial chemicals such as mercury and organochlorines affect the bears. The review suggests that such chemicals have a range of subclinical effects. When added together, these can have a dramatic and potentially fatal impact on the bears' …

Polar Bears forced to land and water

Sunday, 10 January 2010 09:39
As Arctic sea ice melts, polar bears are changing their habitat, shifting from their preferred ice hunting grounds to land and open water, according to a new long-term study. The number of bears sighted steadily increased from 138 bears between 1979 and 1987, to 271 bears between 1988 and 1996, and finally to 468 bears between 1997 and 2005.

How mercury pollution affects the polar bear

Wednesday, 09 December 2009 17:55

In a new research, scientists have revealed how mercury pollution is affecting Arctic animals like the polar bear. The research, led by biogeochemists Travis Horton of the University of Canterbury and Joel Blum of the University of Michigan, lays the groundwork for assessing current and future effects of mercury deposition and climate change on polar bears. Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but some 15…