"A time for polar bears" - special encounters in the tundra
The Polar Bear Project: a cooperation between zoo, Polar Bears International (PBI) and school. "... to be close enough to a wild polar bear to feel his breath.

Polar Bears, Sea Ice, and Climate Change
How do polar bears respond to climate-induced sea ice changes? A new, five-year study at the USGS Alaska Science Center explores the question.

Climate Change
Polar bears are seen by many to be the arctic version of the "canary in the mine shaft" — an early-warning system of the types of changes we may see in the future, if the climate-change trajectory we've seen over the past 25 years continues.

Arctic Council Report
Polar bears could become extinct by the end of the century if present warming trends continue in the Arctic, according to a report issued in November by the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee.