Polar bears

Global warming is one of the most important factors which affects animal population and habitats. Similarly, in Alaska, since temperatures have risen, polar bears have been forced to move to Russia's Wrangel Island. About 40 percent of the polar bear population in Alaska has dropped between 2001 to 2010. Annual Alaska's temperature has risen to 4.8° Celsius in the last 50 years.

Owing to climate change-induced glacier melting in the Arctic, the polar bears and narwhals now require four times as much energy to hunt for survival. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology discovered that sea-ice loss is forcing the cold-climate mammals to conserve themselves rigorously as killer whales have infiltrated the previously ice-locked ocean stretches. Reportedly, the diet alterations have forced the ‘sit-and-… read-more

Defending the shooting of the mother bear and its cub on a Russian submarine, Navy said it had no option after they climbed on the vessel which was docked off the Vilyuchinsk base in Russia. The navy responded to a video of the animal falling into waters after a bullet was fired went viral and was criticised by netizens. Conservationists said climate change is forcing bears to search for food inland rather than at sea.