Jon Aars

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Some of us would predict that they should be in trouble already,
I was quite surprised,... because we have lost so much sea ice since I started."
When conditions get worse, with less access to food, we anticipate to first see that bears get skinnier, that they do not accumulate so much fat reserves,
Importantly, maintained body condition does not mean that sea-ice loss has no effect,
The most likely explanation is that polar bears in Svalbard have so far been able to compensate for reduced access to sea ice by exploiting alternative foraging opportunities and by showing considerable ecological flexibility,
  • lead study author Jon Aars, a population geneticist and a senior researcher at the Norwegian Polar Institute, told CNN on Friday
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I think what this shows is they need less sea ice than we thought,

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