See the photo: Photographer Nima Sarikhani named ... thinning out the ice that is crucial to polar bear survival, according to a report commissioned by the Norwegian Environment Agency in 2019.
Researchers observing polar bears in two different populations in northern Canada and Greenland found that some of the bears were experiencing hair loss, gashes and ice buildup on their paws that, in ...
Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks.