Arctic climate change and vanishing sea ice is producing strange and unexpected consequences. Hungry polar bears, denied sea ice and a platform for hunting seals, are turning to eating omelets in the traditional breeding grounds of ground-nesting seabirds. A single bear can raid fifty nests and consume 200 eggs in an hour and a half. As bears adapt to this strange new world, scientists are proving resilient, too, as described in this article I published yesterday in Science Magazine‘s online news feed service ScienceNOW:
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Emaciated polar bear searches for dinner on lonely isle in Svalbard, Norway. © Randall Hyman
