News tagged with polar bear
Related topics: climate change , sea ice
Dramatic biological responses to global warming in the Arctic
"The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past," says Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University. Post leads a large, international team that carried out ecosystem-wide ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Global warming impacting Greenlanders' daily lives
From his trawler that motors along the Nuuk fjord, fisherman Johannes Heilmann has watched helplessly in recent years as climate change takes its toll on Greenland.
Jul 09, 2009 |
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New tracking approach will help protect polar bears
A new approach to tracking polar bears, developed by Queen's University researchers, will shed more light on the potentially endangered Arctic animal and help boost the economy of Canada's north.
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Researchers Look to Better Understand Extinction Processes of Mammals
As the human population continues to grow and resource demands soar, biodiversity conservation has never been more critical said University of New Mexico Biology Department postdoctoral researchers Ana Davidson and Marcus ...
Jun 16, 2009 |
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When hosts go extinct, what happens to their parasites?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hands wring and teeth gnash over the loss of endangered species like the panda or the polar bear. But what happens to the parasites hosted by endangered species? And although most people would ...
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Climate change driving Michigan mammals north
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some Michigan mammal species are rapidly expanding their ranges northward, apparently in response to climate change, a new study shows. In the process, these historically southern species ...
May 12, 2009 |
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Obama won't fight global warming with bear rules
(AP) -- The Obama administration, which promised a sharp break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era policy against expanding protection for climate-threatened ...
May 08, 2009 |
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Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule
(AP) -- A decision involving the iconic polar bear could determine whether protecting endangered species might also help save the earth from global warming.
May 08, 2009 |
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President Obama Working to Reverse President Bush's Environmental Legacy
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the U.S., there is a tradition followed by outgoing presidents: Enact as many new policies as possible -- especially if you think that the incoming president would disapprove. This practice ...
May 01, 2009 |
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Salazar reviews 'midnight' endangered species rule
(AP) -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to overturn a controversial Bush administration regulation that limits the reach of the Endangered Species ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Prehistoric bears also ate everything and anything
By comparing the craniodental morphology of modern bear species to that of two extinct species, researchers from the University of Málaga, Spain, have discovered that the expired plantigrades were not so different ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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