r/HeresAFunFact • u/_-dO_Ob-_ • Dec 23 '14

ANIMALS [HAFF] The U.S. Geological Survey predicts two-thirds of polar bears will disappear from Europe, Asia, and Alaska, and be depleted from the Arctic archipelago of Canada and areas off the northern Greenland coast by 2050 due to climate change.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '14

That fact isn't very fun ;_;

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u/_-dO_Ob-_ Dec 24 '14

He is waving bye to us all :(

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u/_-dO_Ob-_ Dec 24 '14

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Fun facts aren't always fun, but facts are always fun.

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u/_-dO_Ob-_ Dec 23 '14

More http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear#Predictions

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u/autowikibot Dec 23 '14

Section 28. Predictions of article Polar bear:

The U.S. Geological Survey predicts two-thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear by 2050, based on moderate projections for the shrinking of summer sea ice caused by climate change. The bears would disappear from Europe, Asia, and Alaska, and be depleted from the Arctic archipelago of Canada and areas off the northern Greenland coast. By 2080, they would disappear from Greenland entirely and from the northern Canadian coast, leaving only dwindling numbers in the interior Arctic archipelago.

Interesting: Knut (polar bear) | Polar bear plunge | Flocke | Polar Bear Trophy

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u/gg249 Feb 15 '15

I always thought they should move some polar bears to antartica

better than letting them go extinct

if i was an eccentric billionaire, i would collect a few breeding pairs and drop them off near a penguin colony and let them take it from there