Polar Bears vs. Global Warming

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Polar Bears vs. Global Warming: How Are Bears Faring?

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What is the biggest threat to polar bears caused by global warming?

• Warmer weather in the north that encourages more oil development in polar bear habitat
  9%
• Less snow so polar bears' camouflage is less effective
  1%
• CORRECT! - Loss of sea ice habitat, which makes it harder for bears to find enough food. Polar bears must hunt from sea ice for their food, primarily seals. As the ice disappears, bears are unable to hunt for the seals on which they depend.
  88%

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How is global warming impacting some polar bear populations?

• Fewer cubs are born or survive to become adults
  2%
• Many adults are increasingly skinny
  0%
• Bears are forced to swim longer and longer to find ice, from which to hunt for food
  9%
• CORRECT! - All of the above In a recent trip to the Hudson Bay,
  National Wildlife Federation staff investigated reports of skinnier-than-normal polar bears. Sadly, there is already filmed footage of cubs dying of starvation.
  87%

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What fraction of the world's polar bears do scientists project we could lose by 2050?

• One-fourth
  4%
• One-half
  16%
• CORRECT! - Two-thirds The U.S. Geological Survey projects that two-thirds of polar bears will disappear by 2050. This dramatic decline in the polar bear population is occurring in our lifetime, which is but a miniscule fraction of the time polar bears have roamed the vast Arctic seas.
  31%
• Three-fourths
  47%

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What is the status of polar bears on the Endangered Species List?

• CORRECT! - Threatened The Secretary of the Interior listed the polar bear as threatened throughout the United States but is currently allowing oil and gas development in the polar bear's habitat in Alaska.
  34%
• Endangered
  34%
• They are not on the list
  30%

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BONUS: Which law already on the books can be used to fight global warming and help polar bears?

• Clean Water Act
  30%
• CORRECT! - Clean Air Act The Supreme Court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.
  69%