How Is climate change affecting polar bears and giant pandas?

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Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are the primary cause of climate change and an estimated increase of 3.7 to 4.8 °C is predicted by the year 2100 if emissions continue at current levels. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) provide an interesting comparison study of the impact of climate change on bear species….

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Songer, Melissa, Atwood, Todd C., Douglas, David C., Huang, Qiongyu, Li, Renqiang, Pilfold, Nicholas W., Xu, Ming, and Durner, George M. 2020. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/120328">How Is climate change affecting polar bears and giant pandas?</a>" In <em>Bears of the world: Ecology, conservation, and management</em>. Melletti, Mario and Penteriani, Vincenzo, editors. 303–316. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108692571">https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108692571</a>)

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