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Are Polar Bears Extinct 2024 Uk. As the arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed. In 2007, the new york times predicted the demise of polar bears by 2050.

Whether that happens depends on what happens to the sea ice in the arctic, which serves as an important habitat for the polar bears’. Polar bears everywhere will face longer periods without food, and this will affect their ability to reproduce, survive and persist as healthy populations.