National Geographic admits skeletal polar bear-global warming link ‘went too far’

One of the world’s most respected publications says the reasons for an individual polar bear’s apparent starvation are impossible to ascertain, after originally attributing them to climate change.

By Kevin McGwin August 3, 2018
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The most watched video — seen by an estimated 2.5 billion people — in the history of National Geographic, no longer directly links the apparent starvation of a polar bear to global warming in the Arctic.

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