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.

Polar bears are developing horrific wounds on their paws due to changing ice conditions in the Arctic, a new study reports. In the most severe cases, researchers describe two bears with crippling, ...

dinner plate-size balls of ice stuck to their feet. Beneath the ice balls, the bears' paw pads were covered in deep, bleeding ...

"As strange as it sounds, with climate warming there are more frequent freeze-thaw cycles with more wet snow, and this leads to ice buildup on polar bears' paws." Between 2012 and 2022, Laidre and ...

Three adult polar bears travel across sea ice in eastern Greenland. Image courtesy of Kristin Laidre/University of Washington. Banner image of rear paws of a polar bear with large chunks of ice ...

This photo shows the rear paws of a polar bear temporarily sedated for research in East Greenland in 2022. The bear has large chunks of ice frozen onto its feet, which the researchers removed.

"As strange as it sounds, with climate warming there are more frequent freeze-thaw cycles with more wet snow, and this leads to ice buildup on polar bears' paws." Between 2012 and 2022, Laidre and ...

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Arctic polar bears, facing shifting ice conditions and warmer temperatures, are increasingly suffering from painful injuries caused by ice accumulation on their paws, according to recent findings from ...