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Caption: University of Chicago climate scientist Pamela Martin and 30 of her colleagues across North America and Europe are urging the U.S. fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear as a threatened species because global warming is melting its sea-ice habitat.
Credit: Photo by Lloyd DeGrane
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