Climate change has reduced ice in the Arctic to record lows in the past year,forcing animals to range further in search of foodA starved polar bear found found dead in Svalbard as "little more than skin and bones" perished due to a lack of sea ice on which to hunt seals, according to a renowned polar bear expert.
Climate change has reduced sea ice in the Arctic to record lows in the final year and Dr Ian Stirling, and who has studied the bears for nearly 40 years and examined the animal,said the lack of ice forced the bear into ranging far and wide in an ultimately unsuccessful search for food.
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Source: theguardian.com