The effects of Arctic sea ice retreat are showing up in polar bear poop now

Bears forced ashore be diminishing ice cover have different gut bacteria than bears who remain on ice.

By Yereth Rosen November 20, 2019
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The decline of Arctic sea ice is tracked by satellites in space, observed by mariners who travel northern waters and apparent in the beaches eroded away by seas that were once reliably frozen but are now open and roiled by wind-driven waves.

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