News and publications about polar bears
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Polar bears, beluga whales, seals sick from toxics
Growing evidence shows that harmful chemicals are already affecting the health of many Arctic ...
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Fossil fuel addiction driving polar bears to extinction says WWF-Canada
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) released the 2006 Red List of Threatened Species today ...
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Canada’s western Hudson Bay polar bear population in decline. Climate change to blame.
The polar bear population in Canada’s western Hudson Bay has declined from around 1,200 bears in ...
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Polar Bears vs Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has confirmed that human-induced climate change is a ...
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US may declare polar bear “threatened”
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it is opening the formal process to list polar ...
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Polar bear vulnerable
The Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) recently concluded ...
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Polar bear makes longest recorded swim
Skadi, one of the polar bears we're tracking on the Polar Bear Tracker, has been recorded swimming ...
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The Big Four: a WWF update on Greenland’s efforts with regard to species conservation and nature protection
The Big Four: A WWF update on Greenland’s effort with species conservation and nature protection ...
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2 degrees is too much!: Evidence and implications of dangerous climate change in the Arctic
WWF believes the global average temperature rise above pre-industrial levels should be kept well ...
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Polar Bear Tagging Video
Polar bears are the top predator in the arctic marine ecosystem and the world's largest terrestrial ...
Factsheets
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What WWF is doing for polar bears
Polar bears, the charismatic icon of the Arctic environment, have long been a focus in WWF’s on-the-ground research and conservation projects in the ...
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Polar Bear factsheet
WWF knows polar bear issues. We have a polar bear scientist on staff who leads our global polar bear programme, as well as staff in field offices ...
