Sentences with phrase «future polar bear populations»

Soon and his colleagues said the report's authors used flawed methods to project future polar bear populations.

The researchers also examined 92 recent scientific papers that addressed the evidence for sea ice loss and its impact on future polar bear populations.

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The team hopes future research will clarify the impacts of grizzly bear aggression on the polar bear population.

I do not want to draw any conclusions as to the threat to the polar bear populations posed by the ongoing environmental changes / future warming of the Arctic.

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«There's no point bleating about the future of pandas, polar bears and tigers when we're not addressing the one single factor that's putting more pressure on the ecosystem than any other — namely the ever - increasing size of the world's population.

The fact that «There are thousands of healthy polar bears prowling the Arctic at this moment» does not diminish the threat to the polar bear population due to global warming now, or in the future.

That paper, which was not peer - reviewed, argued that because polar bear numbers have remained relatively stable despite faster - than - expected sea ice loss over the past decade, scientists» predictions of future population declines are flawed.

Secretary Salazar has so far defended the Bush - era «threatened» designation, claiming that threats to the species are only of concern in the future — notwithstanding the fact that polar bears are already drowning and starving as a result of sea - ice loss, with many populations declining.