Polar bears can swim 700 km in search of food

White bear had to swim nine days to find food, tells the newspaper «Telegraph». Odyssey unfortunate beast recorded experts USGS (US Geological Survey). Unfortunately, because of global climate change, such cases are becoming more.

Total bear swam 420 miles (about 700 km) in the cold waters of the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska. At the same time she lost one year old cub and about 1/5 of its weight.

Polar bears can migrate hundreds of kilometers in search of food. In recent years, the melting of ice in the Arctic as a result of global climate change leads to their migration are becoming longer and longer, approaching the limit of the bearish opportunity. The above story is a good example.

The US Geological Survey has recently issued a statement saying that the polar bears can still be saved, provided an immediate reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Before that dominated more pessimistic view that during the XXI century ⅔ of the population should become extinct.

Source: www.vokrugsveta.ru/news/11141/

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