Heated global attention on polar bear

Five-nation group agrees that climate change is the main threat to the bears and agrees on continued cooperation for conservation

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

Polar bears depend on sea ice, and the extent of Arctic sea ice has been shrinking. That’s the essence of the current debate about the future well-being of the magnificent, white carnivores that roam the ice floes offshore the territory of five nations that border the Arctic Ocean. Representatives f....

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