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International Business Times
International Business Times
Science
Rochelle GLUZMAN

Polar Bears Struggling To Adapt To Longer Ice-free Arctic Periods

A female polar bear and her cub looking for something to eat at Hudson Bay (Credit: AFP)

Polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay risk starvation as climate change lengthens periods without Arctic Sea ice, despite the creatures' willingness to expand their diets.

Polar bears use the ice that stretches across the ocean surface in the Arctic during colder months to help them access their main source of prey -- fatty ringed and bearded seals.

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