Vanderbilt Research Shows How Polar Bears Maintained Highly Specialized Diets During Periods of Arctic Warming-Until Now
April 02, 2021
April 02, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 2 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:
Polar bears are often considered the poster-child species for climate change impacts. With global warming and sea-ice declines, it becomes harder for polar bears to hunt their preferred prey--seals. Increased global temperatures are having the greatest impact on Arctic and Antarctic environments, with arctic polar bears projected to decline by 30 percent by 2050.
Larisa DeSantis, . . .
Polar bears are often considered the poster-child species for climate change impacts. With global warming and sea-ice declines, it becomes harder for polar bears to hunt their preferred prey--seals. Increased global temperatures are having the greatest impact on Arctic and Antarctic environments, with arctic polar bears projected to decline by 30 percent by 2050.
Larisa DeSantis, . . .