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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Polar bears found thriving despite lack of sea ice offer hope for species

A polar bear family group, consisting of an adult female (left) and two cubs, crossing glacier ice in south-east Greenland in September 2016.
The bears are ‘geographically, genetically and demographically isolated’, say researchers. Photograph: Nasa OMG

Polar bears have become the furry face of the climate crisis, with experts suggesting the animals could be all but extinct in a matter of decades as the Arctic sea ice they hunt from melts away.

But now researchers say they have found a group of them in south-east Greenland who are surviving despite a lack of sea ice for much of the year.

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