Polar bears gorged on whale carcasses to survive past warm periods, but strategy won’t suffice as climate warms

UW News covers Kristin Laidre‘s recent study of carcasses of stranded whales as a food source for polar bears during past warm periods in the Arctic. The university news source talks with Kristin and her co-authors and provides access to the research paper. 

Four male polar bears standing on a floating whale carcass shortly after it drifted to shore on the island of Svalbard. Credit: Daniel J. Cox/Arctic Documentary Project.

 

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