Sentences with phrase «polar bear become»

Has the image of polar bear become a hot potato that is becoming increasingly uncomfortable too handle?

In an age in which emotional narratives often trump facts, the polar bear became the icon of global warming hysteria.

«I can't imagine having to tell her when she's grown up that the polar bears became extinct,» he said, «because we didn't act soon enough to combat a problem that we knew was real but that we couldn't convince the public of.»

Which is the more environmentally sensitive thing to do: let the Greenland ice sheet collapse and polar bears become extinct, or throw a little sulfate in the stratosphere?

The new plan details how polar bears become attracted to human garbage when it's hungry.

As he frames the question: «Which is the more environmentally sensitive thing to do: let the Greenland ice sheet collapse and polar bears become extinct, or throw a little sulfate in the stratosphere?

I don't think anyone really wants to see the polar bears become extinct.

Not exact matches

Dismayed by the disconnect between reality and the cartoonish animals populating his young daughter's pajamas, books and view of the natural world, journalist Mooallem sets off to explore often circuitous human - animal relationships: The once - feared polar bear has become the cherished mascot of climate change, and whales, once hunted without restraint, now attract near - fanatical rescue efforts.

The Interior Department lists the polar bear as a «threatened» species — one at risk of becoming endangered — due to dangerous declines in their sea ice habitat

«What has become clear through this heavily litigated process is that listing the polar bear as a threatened species is not about protecting the polar bear but rather advancing a particular political agenda,» Sen. James Inhofe (R — Okla.) said in a statement.

Lindqvist says that the analysis reveals that polar bear DNA has lost diversity as populations have dwindled, drifted apart and become genetically isolated, suggesting today's bears have less resilience to the environmental change, habitat loss, pollution and diseases they now face.

The public may or may not become engaged over the threat to polar bears, they will surely be aroused to action if they realize the consequences of a warmer world — and that they have been sold out for a few pennies.

So how exactly did some brown bears become polar bears?

The reason that many environmentalists fight to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or the polar bears is not because they are sure that losing those things would cause the universe to become unhinged, but because they realize that humanity isn't smart enough to know which things are linchpins for the entire ecosystem and which are not.

John studied evolutionary psychology at Harvard under Steven Pinker before moving to New York City and becoming a «professional caveman»: mimicking a hunter - gatherer diet, running barefoot through Central Park, experimenting with intermittent fasting, and doing polar bear swims in the Atlantic.

However, life becomes no laughing matter for the other polar bears, reindeer and orca that exist in their icy habitat when humans start visiting with cameras, boats.

The polar bears which inhabit the region have become a Churchill icon, but Beluga whales are also a common sight in Churchill's waters and the area is also world - renowned amongst ornithologists for its diverse and often rare birdlife.

She intended to work on coyotes in Westchester County but when I offered the opportunity to shift to polar bears in the Canadian Arctic she jumped on board and became fascinated with the project, the Arctic and especially the people.

As long as the algeas and polar polar bears are alive, they become CO2 sinks since they need lots of fat for insulation to keep warm.

Scientists believe that the brown bear lineage split over 300,000 years ago to form the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), theorizing that a group of early brown bears became isolated in colder regions and ultimately adapted to life on ice.

Part of the Web Cam buoy blocks the left side of the picture (I'm not sure how the camera became twisted on its mount - polar bear self - portrait attempt perhaps?).

Without action on the environment, two - thirds of these gorgeous giants could be lost by 2050; by 2100 polar bears could become extinct.

This, in my judgment, makes the polar bear a threatened species — one likely to become in danger of extinction in the foreseeable future.

Here's some input from Steven Amstrup, who became chief scientist for the conservation group Polar Bear International this year after decades spent studying polar bears for the United States Geological Survey.

The polar bear has become the mascot of all we could lose to climate change and it is critical that we fight to save this species even as we wage a larger battle against global warming.

Because polar bears are vulnerable to this loss of habitat, they are, in my judgment, likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future — in this case 45 years....

Thank gawd for Western schoolteachers or who knows what would become of the world and all of the polar bears in the wild (not those that rained down on NY City streets from man's inhumanity to bear and all other species on Earth).

Furthermore, while this was going the press was also reporting how increasing number of polar bears were becoming a real hazard in Nunavat due to to «Nanuk's» propensity for hunting and eating people.

Because of how politicized polar bears have become as symbols of climate change, fiction is the only arena where one can really present this kind of scenario right now.

Many, many people associated climate change with the notion that polar bears might become extinct as their Arctic habitat disappeared in the face of future climate changes.

For some years now we have been exposed to mournful photographs of polar bears floating away on ice floes, or otherwise appearing endangered... The theory on which polar bears are supposed to be endangered because their environment is becoming more benign has never been entirely clear, nor has there been data to support the claim that their populations are declining.

For this reason, foods that polar bears consume during the ice - free season may become increasingly important in alleviating nutritional stress from lost seal hunting opportunities.

Both groups accept the premise that sea ice declines blamed on global warming are already a survival issue for polar bears (that will become increasingly worse in the future).

In a warming arctic scenario, this cosmopolitan species may become the «new» arctic apex predator replacing polar bears in areas with reduced sea ice (Ferguson et al. 2010a).

Glaciers are melting and arctic animals, like the polar bear, are increasingly losing their home and becoming endangered.

Sea ice habitat for polar bears has not become progressively worse each year during their season of critical feeding and mating, as some scaremongers often imply.

That replacement picture (below) was from National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklin, who would become infamous for specializing in dead and skinny polar bear photos.

The reason I have become so obsessed with «global warming» in the last few years is not because I'm particularly interested in the «how many drowning polar bears can dance on the head of a pin» non-argument which hysterical sites like RealClimate and bloggers like Joe Romm are striving so desperately to keep on a life support machine.

This loss of habitat puts polar bears at risk of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future, the standard established by the ESA for designating a threatened species.»

Over time, polar bears have become iconic symbols of the negative effects of global warming.

The team's effort focused on the specific example of how bloggers handled global warming's effect on polar bears, a charismatic species that has become a literal poster child both for those advocating for climate action and for their detractors.

As sea ice thins, and becomes more fractured and labile, it is likely to move more in response to winds and currents so that polar bears will need to walk or swim more and thus use greater amounts of energy to maintain contact with the remaining preferred habitats.

It took lawsuits and petitioning efforts by the Center for Biological Diversity, NRDC, Greenpeace, and other organizations to overcome the resistance to this listing, which would have profound implications on how polar bear habitat is used — that is, whether its arctic territory would become territory of oil companies as well.

â $ cents Set aside all the compassionate gibberish from WWF and it becomes clear why the polar bear is just a pawn: environmentalists will turn to activist judges citing the Endangered Species Act to halt construction of new power plants and factories that emit fossil fuels.

While the Gulf oil spill has led to a momentary moratorium on offshore drilling in the US, we are sure to face a time when offshore drilling again becomes viable... including in lands where polar bears roam.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service have recently released a Conservation Management Plan to prevent polar bears from becoming extinct.

Historically warm periods = polar bears do fine, present period = they're going to become extinct.

The polar bear has become the flagship species in the climate - change discussion.

That has led many scientists to become worried about the possibility that Arctic ice - loss would severely reduce polar bear numbers.

Let's hope that the survival of the polar bear doesn't become another hot potato that is tossed into the long grass - after burning one - too many fingers.