Increasing Loss of Spring Sea Ice Taxes Polar Bear Metabolism (2 of 11) (IMAGE)

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Increasing Loss of Spring Sea Ice Taxes Polar Bear Metabolism (2 of 11)

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Polar bear resting on the sea ice. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 2 Feb. 2018, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by A.M. Pagano at US Geological Survey in Anchorage, Alaska, and colleagues was titled, "High-energy, high-fat lifestyle challenges an Arctic apex predator, the polar bear."

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Brian Battaile, USGS

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