View Polar Bears Extinction Pics. Scientists estimate 20,000 polar bears living today and each year they kill one million ringed seals. A new study has predicted that most polar bears in the arctic will become extinct by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions remain on their current trajectory.
Climate Crisis Weekly Why Polar Bears May Be Extinct By 2100 Electrek from electrek.co Polar bears, who live north of the arctic circle, some places in canada, russia and greenland and various other areas that make up the arctic or alpine tundra biome, are being threatened all across the globe. While one party says their numbers are rising and there is no connection between polar bear population and global warming, the other says the melting ice is paving the path for their extinction. A new study has predicted that most polar bears in the arctic will become extinct by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions remain on their current trajectory.
The iucn polar bear specialist group lists the polar bear as a vulnerable species, citing sea ice loss from climate change as the single biggest threat to their survival.
The study puts a timeline on the crisis for the first time as ice habitats melt. Polar bears face extinction in svalbard and arctic russia. Unhealthy bears can lead to lower reproduction rates and extinction in certain locations. Part of the problem has to do with the fact that polar bears were constantly hunted for decades.
