Anthropogenic flank attack on polar bears: interacting consequences of climate warming and pollutant exposure

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Jenssen, Bjørn Munro, Villanger, Gro Dehli, Gabrielsen, Kristin Møller, Bytingsvik, Jenny, Bechshoft, Thea, Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej, Sonne, Christian, Dietz, Rune
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 2015
• Subjects: arctic; pollution and global change; PCBs; ecology; climate change impacts; Arctic; Dietz; Arctic pollution; Climate change; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/284767; https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2015.00016

- Published article Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are subjected to several anthropogenic threats, climate warming and exposure to pollutants being two of these. For polar bears, one of the main effects of climate warming is limited access to prey, due to loss of their sea ice habitat. This will resu...