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Navy plans for Arctic rush
2014-05-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: Approximately 25,000 polar bears live in and around the Arctic Circle. Climate change has put the majestic ursines, a longtime favorite of childrens books and Christmas cards, in peril. In 2008, the United States listed them as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, and populations have been on the decline since then. So when is it acceptable for a Marine to shoot one? The Navy is still trying to figure that out. Walter Berbrick, a retired Navy officer and a professor of...
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