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Catlin Arctic team brave thin ice and polar bears to monitor acid oceansFeb
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Polar-bear summit accomplished little, scientist contendsFeb
4
WINNIPEG — The much-touted polar bear summit last year in Winnipeg cost taxpayers at least $115,000 and one prominent scientist says it made no real progress toward saving the iconic animal, vancouversun.com says. more » Is Earth cooling down?Jan
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CCTV – severe cold in northern hemisphere has revived arguments about climate change. In contrast to the global warming theory, some experts say the warming process has stopped, and the climate is actually becoming cooler. Some experts believe globe oceans experiencing a miniature Ice Age. They even think the cold weather could last for two or three decades. No need to ban polar bear trade, says watchdog groupJan
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Inuit group creates polar bear hotline to fight proposed U.S. import banJan
10
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Inuit leaders say a telephone hotline to report polar bear encounters suggests that concern about the health of the animals is overblown. more » Polar Bear Populations Near ShoresJan
9
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 8 (UPI) — A 27-year study of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea showed them spending more time on land and open water as ice disappeared, officials said. Between 1979 and 1987, 12 percent of bear sightings were associated with no ice. Between 1997 and 2005, however, 90 percent of bear sightings were associated with no ice, said Karyn Rode, a polar bear biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Anchorage, Alaska. more » Polar bear hotline: “Inuit are saying they are the ones in danger, not the polar bear”Jan
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WWF study: ofshore spills not easy to clean upDec
23
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Scientists to set up ice base in northern Canada to examine impact of ocean acidification on the region’s animals and plants,says guardian.co.uk 
An international conservation watchdog has ruled that polar bears aren’t endangered enough to need a global ban on trade that would place their hides in the same category as elephant ivory, according to ctv.ca. The ruling will make it tough for U.S. attempts to use the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to end Canada’s commercial polar bear hunt and will be welcomed by Inuit hunters who depend on the industry for millions of dollars a year.
The authors of a new