1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="41Eg2U9jjl"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/despite-misleading-study-polar-bears-aren-t-starving-or-dwindling/">Despite misleading study, polar bears aren’t starving or dwindling</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/despite-misleading-study-polar-bears-aren-t-starving-or-dwindling/embed/#?secret=41Eg2U9jjl" width="600" height="338" title="“Despite misleading study, polar bears aren’t starving or dwindling” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="41Eg2U9jjl" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The media is up in arms today over the imminent starvation of polar bears because they may have to rely on land-based foods for sustenance. But according to Susan Crockford, a zoologist and polar bear expert, the media has missed the point entirely of this new study. She writes that "whatever food polar bears consume in the summer ‚Äì whether they are on land or on the ice ‚Äì doesn't really matter." What actually matters is what polar bears eat and how much during the spring. The most important food that polar bears consume yearly is fat-rich baby seals between March and June. By gorging on these plump little delicacies from late winter to the end of spring, polar bears put on enough fat to carry them "over the summer, no matter where they spend it." According to Crockford, the authors of this new paper (Rode et al.) have tried to frame the issue as one "about the future survival of polar bears in the face of declining sea ice." Without enough foodstuff in the surrounding water, polar bears will have to "eat things like berries and bird eggs and even mammals like caribou." This is because declining sea ice, they predict, will cause the loss of their primary food source, forcing polar bears to live off the land.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics7_polar-bear-wikipedia.jpg