If the ice keeps melting cant we relocate the Polar Bears somewhere else where they can survive?

Dear Beemer
Polar bears have evolved over 200,000 years to survive in one of the world's harshest environments.

To survive and breed they must catch lots of seals at holes in the ice - seals can easily outswim polar bears in open water. Therefore, sea ice is absolutely essential to polar bears throughout much of the year. It is this loss of sea ice for progressively longer periods in the arctic that is driving polar Bears towards extinction.

It has been suggested that people create some handy artificial icebergs to give polar bears a place to rest. However, an adequate food supply would still be required. Otherwise these summer platforms would be of little help other than as ambulance-like stretchers for ever-skinnier bears.

Human introduction of "alien" species into new areas has had a fairly troubled history environmentally. So, even if an area was identified that would suit polar bears, it is unlikely that the original inhabitants of that area would cope with the introduction of a top predator like a polar bear.

Clearly, the real solution is for societies and governments to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and shift to renewable energy supplies and embark on a truly sustaianble life on this planet. If we don't, it does look likely that there will be no more polar bears in the wild.

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