Can polar bears be extinct?

Last week NASA made a prediction that in 2006 the area of ​​the Arctic will shrink. This is the clearest evidence for the melting trend in this region in the next few decades. A storm in August caused the first signs of this trend.

Samantha Smith, director of the Arctic Environment Program of the International Fund for Wildlife Protection, said: "There have been very unusual climatic conditions this year that extend across lands from Svalbard. to Alaska " .

Polar bear (Photo: komar.org)

A study of scientists conducted in 2004 predicted that by 2100, the Arctic will no longer have ice in the summer. This will ruin the lives of indigenous peoples and creatures residing here. Even polar bears - the typical species of this land can be extinct.

Smith said that the area of ​​the Arctic ice area is shrinking, requiring efforts from governments to resolve. When greenhouse gases are generated mainly by factories, factories, car emissions . more and more, the average temperature of the earth will increase, and Arctic melting is inevitable.

Currently, the Arctic appears to be the place to absorb more solar heat than any other region in the world. The beaches, the islands began to appear black, they would not radiate as well as before, when the area was only white of snow and ice.

Its direct consequence, according to scientists, is that polar bears will become more and more difficult to find in food. They also cannot develop fertility to maintain the race.

In 1980, an average Arctic male bear weighed 300kg. After 24 years, in 2004, this number was only 240kg.