Polar bears may be inbreeding as climate change melts away Arctic ice

Individual populations are becoming less genetically diverse — even as different populations are becoming more differentiated.

By Polina Leganger Bronder, The Independent Barents Observer September 16, 2021
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Polar bears at Svalbard have undergone a shocking loss in genetic diversity, according to a newly published Norwegian study.

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