The US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that the polar bear population is currently about 20 000/25 000 which is up from 5000/6000 in the 1950`s and 1960`s. A 2002 US Geological Survey of wildlife in the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain noted that the polar bear population may be near an historic high!. Report in International Business Times 2 August 2011.
Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/190805/20110802/polar-bear-global-warming-extinction-climate-change-research-world-wide-fund-wwf-geological-survey-s.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment