Question

Critically examine how the climate change and melting ice in the arctic region is affecting the predatory and dietary habits of the polar bear

Answer 1

Many researchers have predicted a wide range of impacts of

climate change on polarbear demography and conditions. A predicted major

reduction in sea ice habitat will reduce the availability of ice associated seals,

the main prey of polar bears, and a loss and fragmentation of polar bear

habitat will ultimately lead to large future reductions in most subpopulations. It

is likely that polar bears will be lost from many areas where they are common

today and also that the total population will change into a few more distinctly

isolated populations.