Receding Ice & Stranded Bears Mean More Polar Bear Patrols

 

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Some communities in Alaska are finding that the once-permanent but now receding Arctic sea ice is stranding some unwelcome visitors - of the polar bear kind. Researchers recently found that disappearing sea ice habitat (which is preferred by polar bears) is leading to unprecedented numbers of polar bears stressed out, stranded on land and wandering into human territory that they once avoided. To deal with the problem, some towns and villages are setting up polar bear patrols to guard human settlements.

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