The Last Time There Was This Much CO2, Trees Grew at the South Pole

"A polar bear walks on a melting ice floe in Baffin Bay, Nunavut, Canada. " — A polar bear walks on a melting ice floe in Baffin Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Recent research shows that Canada’s Arctic is now the warmest it has been in 10,000 years, and the temperatures are continuing to climb.

It is palpable now. Even the most ardent deniers of human-caused climate disruption can feel the convulsions wracking the planet.

I truly believe this, given that, essentially, we are all of and from the Earth. Deep down inside all of us is the “fight or flight” instinct. Like any other animal, our very core knows when we are in danger, as the converging crises descend ever closer to home, wherever we may find ourselves on the globe.

This anxiety that increases by the day, this curious dread of what our climate-disrupted future will bring, is difficult to bear. Even those who…

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Question: why are the polar bears starving? Are they unable to reach their food source due to the melting ice?

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Exposing the Big Game on April 30, 2019 at 5:11 pm said:

In a nutshell. Not only is the ice cap shrinking, but the ice that’s left is thinning. And vegetation is changing in the Arctic.

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- bernesemtdog on April 30, 2019 at 5:12 pm said:
  
  Ah, I see. So awful.
  Thank you for responding to my question.
- Exposing the Big Game on April 30, 2019 at 5:14 pm said:
  
  Thanks for asking it.

bernesemtdog on April 29, 2019 at 10:25 pm said:

Question: why are the polar bears starving? Are they unable to reach their food source due to the melting ice?

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- Exposing the Big Game on April 30, 2019 at 5:11 pm said:
  
  In a nutshell. Not only is the ice cap shrinking, but the ice that’s left is thinning. And vegetation is changing in the Arctic.
  
  Reply ↓
  - bernesemtdog on April 30, 2019 at 5:12 pm said:
    
    Ah, I see. So awful.
    Thank you for responding to my question.
  - Exposing the Big Game on April 30, 2019 at 5:14 pm said:
    
    Thanks for asking it.

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