Polar Bears in Trouble

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Issue Due Date

October 10, 2007

Student Name

Dannie Emery

Section

6B

Title of Article

Polar Bears in Trouble

Author

Emily Sohn

Type of Source (book, website, magazine, etc.)

website

Type of Science

Earth Science

Summary of Article

Over the past 30 years, about 27 percent of the sea ice in the Arctic has melted. This is of concern because the Alaskan polar bear mothers give birth in dens on the floating ice. But because this ice is melting they are moving their dens to land, but the

One-sentence summary

Because of global warming, the Arctic ice is melting and the polar bears who usually give birth on the thick ice, are now moving to land to give birth.

Name of Source

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20070725/Note3.asp

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6bearth scienceemeryweek 7

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Location

Anchorage, AK, USA

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A mother polar bear often has two cubs at a time in a den dug into the shore or on floating ice. Baby cubs stay with their mothers for more than 2 years.
Image credit: Steven C. Amstrup