Polar bears need lots of seal snacks — and a melting Arctic makes it hard to eat enough - The Verge

Polar bears need lots of seal snacks — and a melting Arctic makes it hard to eat enough - The Verge

The Verge

Polar bears need lots of seal snacks — and a melting Arctic makes it hard to eat enough The Verge In the spring, during their prime hunting season, polar bears need an insanely large amount of food to stay healthy — over 12,000 kilocalories a day, or roughly six times what humans need, according to new research. That's a lot more than what ... High-energy, high-fat lifestyle challenges an Arctic apex predator, the polar bear | ScienceScience Polar bears finding it harder to catch enough seals to meet energy demandsUC Santa Cruz Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet: Arctic Sea Ice MinimumNASA Climate Change The Guardian all 126 news articles »