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 Recently,
the skin and bones of a male polar bear have unfortunately been discovered
in Svalbard, in the Arctic Ocean. It turned out
that it had starved to death. Scientists
who studied the case said that there was no remaining fat on the bear, just a little
skin and bone. What happened to the polar bear?
Polar bears eat seals, and they need sea ice to hunt and capture seals. Climate change, however,
lowers the sea ice levels. That means that the bears can’t hunt seals.
So it made this hungry bear go more than 150 miles from its home to
search for food. Sadly, the
bear starved to death while searching.
 According
to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration국립해양대기청, sea
ice reached record low levels
in 2012. It suggests that the animals
that rely on the ice for their survival have found it harder
to live. Many scientists and experts predict that as the Arctic
continues to warm due to climate change, two-thirds of the world’s
polar bears could disappear by 2050. How sad!
Recently many countries banned hunting polar bears and took legal actions to stop
global warming. Many people are also making efforts to protect the
bears’ population. What can you
do to protect them? Small actions to stop global warming could save the bears! How about
searching and thinking about the ways to protect our friend, the polar
bear, today? |
Staff
reporter Michelle Kang
(bubibi@timescore.co.kr) |
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