Even if humanity were able to cap global warming at 2.4 degrees Celcius it would probably only delay the polar bears’ collapse.
The threat is not rising temperatures per se but the top-of-the-food-chain predators’ inability to adapt to a rapidly shifting environment.
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Unknown titlepiral, with shrinking sea-ice cutting short the time bears have for hunting seals. Their dwindling bodyweight undermines their chances of surviving Arctic winters without food, scientists said. <span>Even if humanity were able to cap global warming at 2.4 degrees Celcius it would probably only delay the polar bears’ collapse. The threat is not rising temperatures per se but the top-of-the-food-chain predators’ inability to adapt to a rapidly shifting environment. Half of Earth’s land-based megafauna are classified as threatened with extinction, but only polar bears are endangered primarily by climate change. But according to the authors of the r Summary
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