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Climate change has polar bears on egg diet
2014-02-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Even a single polar bear can devastate all the eggs on a single island where birds such as common eiders nest. This unfortunate colony was visited by three bears at once. (Courtesy Steve Marson) Shrinking Arctic sea ice has left polar bears scrambling to find food, and they've taken to eggs in a big way, unfortunately for the birds. While some athletes may impress us by downing a mere dozen eggs for breakfast, a polar bear in the Northern Hudson Bay region can eat hundreds of seabird eggs in...
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Hungry Polar Bears Eating Eggs, Decimating Nesting Birds, as Sea Ice Declines
2014-02-08 12:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Kos: The Arctic is the fastest warming region on earth. The polar bear, the iconic large mammal of the Arctic, is threatened by the warming-caused loss of Arctic sea ice because it hunts its primary prey, seals, from the ice. Climate change is forcing polar bears to change their diets from seals to bird eggs as summer sea ice retreats in the Arctic ocean. Hungry polar bears, unable to catch seals in the open Arctic ocean, have been observed devouring every egg on an island of nesting birds. One hungry...
5. Polar Vortex Freezes Car Sales
2014-02-05 10:10:24| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Mother Natures wintry blast froze some buyers out of showrooms in January as industry sales fell 3% from a year, but Chrysler and Nissan overcame the chill to post significant increases. The overall annual selling rate remained a robust 15.2 million vehicles, essentially flat from January 2013. READ MOREThe Article 5. Polar Vortex Freezes Car Sales appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Hungry polar bears turn to seabird eggs
2014-02-04 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: Polar bears are known for dining on whatever they want, from human garbage to reindeer to berries. But in the lower latitudes of the Canadian Arctic, they primarily prey on ringed seals (Pusa hispida), hunting them from sea ice platforms. Over the past 3 decades, however, the sea ice in this region has progressively broken up earlier than in the past due to climate change. The bears now face 2 months of ice-free habitat. Without seals to eat, the bears have increasingly turned to terrestrial prey,...
Lockheeds MUOS satellite demonstrates polar communications capability
2014-02-04 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated the ability of the US Navys Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites to provide reliable communication capability in the arctic.
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