Goodbye, polar bears (?)

[DavidBrown]

A new scientific analysis of all of the known populations of polar bears indicates that almost all of them will be wiped out by the end of the 21st century under current warming conditions.

Global Warming Is Driving Polar Bears Toward Extinction, Researchers Say

 

[Nod]

Just seen this covered on BBC News at Six.
They have observed trends of sea ice and have predicted it will decline quickly.

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Rapid emissions cuts could still ensure their long-term survival. Otherwise, some Arctic regions seem set to lose polar bears by 2080 – and all but a few populations could collapse by 2100, according to a new study.

Not “if” but “when”: Polar Bears could disappear from most of the Arctic in eighty years./