You'd Better Photograph Polar Bears Now...

Attention nature photographers: If you've been thinking about getting some snaps of polar bears, we suggest you make your travel plans and get on it. According to wildlife biologists with the U.S. Geological Survey, most polar bears will disappear by 2050. To be precise, about two-thirds of the polar bear population will be lost by then, due to the melting of Arctic sea ice. Just thought you'd like to know. By the way, the photograph here was made by nature photographer Thomas Mangelsen and can be found on his website. Tom has one of the truly great collections of polar bear photos.
--David Schonauer

Comments

[Michal Daniel]

Might want to read this before rushing those travel plans:

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/08/11/michael-crichton-praises-new-skeptical-environmentalists-guide-global

[lancelot23]

Chinese Edition Report

当动物濒临灭绝：保存，还是保护？

URL:http://leica.org.cn/read.php/281.htm

[jolene ficher]

Nobody knows how many polar bears will be around in 50 years. Two population groups in eastern Canada are actually increasing. Those facts we know for sure. Don't be an amateur scientist. Shaving the facts to fit your particular world view makes you look stupid.

[David Schonauer]

The bottom line is that ice is melting in the arctic, reducing habitat. I know there are people who do not yet believe that polar ice is melting, but ample evidence shows that it is. Short-term statistics on individual bear populations aren't the point here.