please state your answer and proof behind your reasoning plus any websites that back up your point of veiw
2007-09-30 10:10:33 · 9 answers · asked by meg&dia 3 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
sorry circumpolar Arctic is what i meant
2007-09-30 10:21:42 · update #1
Yes and no. There are 13 polar bear populations in the Arctic, 11 of these are doing fine for the moment, two of them are not doing so well.
There is something of a misconception that when the Arctic melts the polar bears will become extinct. Fortunately this isn't the case although they will need to migrate (or be physically moved). Even with no Arctic ice remaining the polar bears will do just fine in northern Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia, Siberia etc.
Polar bears need the ice from which to hunt and so feed themselves, as the ice retreats they are finding it incresingly difficult to hunt. A couple of weeks ago the extent of Arctic ice coverage was reduced to the lowest since we, humans, arrived on the planet. By and large the bears survived well, there were some casualties but so far indications are that they didn't suffer more this year than in previous years.
As winter approaches the Arctic ice is reforming again (about 20% of the Arctic ice thaws and freezes on a seasonal basis). In Antarctica it's some of the emperor penguin colonies that are being affected by the melting of the ice.
2007-09-30 10:46:24 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Jerry, Don is definitely perfect in asserting that the Polar Bears are already in Antarctica munching on the penguins and seals down there. right this is a splash: they're interior the Antarctica, their call is "Polar" bears and that's the place the "South Pole" is. are you able to connect the dots? you are the kind of denier.
2016-11-06 21:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no polar bears in Antarctica. They are native to the NORTH polar area.
2007-09-30 10:48:31 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
There are no polar bears in the antarctic so the answer is no, they are not really dieing.
2007-09-30 13:44:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
There never were polar bears in the Antarctic.
2007-09-30 10:18:18 · answer #5 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
emmm in Antarctica ???
have you seen polar bears there ?
Where are your North and South poles ?
2007-09-30 10:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by NLBNLB 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
wow i am doing a report on it rite this second! (welll actually like 10 min. ago) :][:
yes they are!
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2007-09-30 11:18:51 · answer #7 · answered by manisha 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yesss its sadd
2007-09-30 11:14:38 · answer #8 · answered by =] 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know & I don't care.
2007-09-30 11:09:29 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋