Most polar bear populations will collapse by century’s end without emissions cuts, study says
Two southern populations are virtually guaranteed to be gone by 2080 under the current emissions scenario.
If global carbon emissions continue at their current rate, only a handful of polar bear populations — located in very far north Arctic island regions that are expected to hold the last year-round sea ice — will still survive by the end of the century, a new study asserts.
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