Polar bears in East Greenland (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Polar bears in East Greenland

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Three adult polar bears travel across sea ice in eastern Greenland. Environments in the Far North that would have stayed well below freezing now experience freeze-thaw cycles and wet snow due to a warming climate.

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Kristin Laidre/University of Washington

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