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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington and Eric Hilaire

The polar bear who died of climate change - big picture

A male Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death due to climate change, Svalbard, Norway
This 16-year-old male polar bear died of starvation resulting from the lack of ice on which to hunt seals, according to Dr Ian Stirling, who has studied polar bears for almost 40 years with the Canadian Wildlife Service and the University of Alberta. (Click image to read more) Illustration: Ashley Cooper/Global Warming Images
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