As Arctic winters warm, polar bears are faced with a troubling situation.
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so sad
im crying and im a man
iv never felt this sad before i want to adoped all of them and feed them fish everyday i dont care how much money and im still crying
Man is killing the animals and Mother Earth … for the sake of self indulgence. These beautiful animals do not intentionally harm humans. Global warming … hence, pollution, is melting the polar bears dwelling … we should be ashamed of the catastrophic events that are unfolding in their little piece of Earth, the Arctic. Humans are destroying this planet … not the bears, etc. I too am deeply saddened by this short video and truly hope that “another species” will Not parish.
GLOBAL WARMING MUST GOOOOO!!
SAVE THE POLAR BEARSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
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Give me a break!!! What a load of tripe! First of all, barnacles in a fresh water river? And gee, Polar Bears were once Grizzlies? For goodness sake, study bear anatomy and you will such profound difference in these two bear species – so where’s the transitional evidence? Not to mention the emotionalization and personification of all animals involved! Is this written for 2nd graders? Stick to real facts that are scientifically supported and make an honest documentary. Not a mythically inspired docu-DRAMA. We shut it off after 30 minutes as it moved from bad to worse – except for the photography, the only redemption.
P.S. Keep watching, maybe they’ll turn back into Grizzlies! I feel most sad for the gullible viewers.
Your program is based on extremist politics, not science. The polar ice has returned to 1979 levels and the earth has been cooling since 1998.
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/flint/index.ssf/2009/01/its_time_to_pray_for_global_wa.html
Anyone who does not support the FACT that global warming is REAL and a SERIOUS problem needs there head examined. Excellent show PBS. We dont see enough nature documentarys on television anymore.
okay..soapbxn?
This is real obviously..the video says it allll.
I support Kaitlyn’s comment on this one. Global warming is most deff real and the poor polar bears are suffering because of it.. not only polar bears but other animals as well.I can just imagine the suffering they go threw as they innocently drown because of the ice melting.This is something everybody should be supporting and saying negative comments about this video is unnesesary. iight? :)
Soapbxn—Watch the entire video…Brillance!!!
It’s disheartening how us white man has and is destroying this plant of ours, Mother earth!!!
please let science guide you. there is NO consensuse i science. It is or it is not. Please look at impiracle data that proves global warming is a lie. Carbon levels follow temperature not the popular misconseption. Al gore is an oportunist selling a comodity. stop the hestericle buracuracy.
To Mike http://www.mlive.com/opinion/flint/index.ssf/2009/01/its_time_to_pray_for_global_wa.html – does not check out . Not a single reference could be verified, except for the existence of the said research centers. The article is a total fake made up by uninformed people – it is truly sad. If you are going to challenge science – be prepared to back it up.
KEN – Anybody that thinks we can cut down half the earths forest and pump tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and have no side effects knows nothing of science. EVERY ACTION HAS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION. Oh yea and by the way were you trying to spell consensus or conscience because consensuse is not a word. :P
Globoo warming needs to stop!!! we have to put a stop to this. we are causing all this.
It’s funny. 99.9% of all species that have ever lived are extinct. Species of insect are dying every day, but you are all in tears cause a cute cuddly bear (who would KNOWINGLY rip your face off and eat you) is affected by global climate change. Of course, global climate change killed probably millions of species of anerobic bacteria as they slowly chewed up all the CO2 replacing it with oxygen. Too bad, oxygen didn’t do anything but “kill” mother earth. We aren’t worried about “the planet.” It cares very little. It adapts and from death brings life. We are only worried that global climate change will keep us from having our twinkies.
im sooo doing something for earth day i wish pollution would stop and the world would start recycleing littering hass to SSSSSTTTTTOOOPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!! i love polar bears please help- me save them!!!
i really think that polar bears should be save for they wont die and i love polar bears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have seen no research or information about the reduced survival of polar bears and their cubs. There have, however, been numerous news reports of polar bears having a problem finding a ice glacier or land to climb onto;
Where are the scientists to solve the problem and create a longterm survival solution for the polar bears?
As farfetched as it seems: why not but-heads and create artificial floating ice packs or scaled down ice glaciers for the polar bears to rest on…
The artificial ice glaciers can be tagged with a telemeter to mark their location if scientists need to establish the usefulness of the concept.
Listening to reports of polar bears and their cubs drowning because there is no ice for miles is not what life’s about; Humans have the ability to intervene and save the wildlife….
I am curious if this was filmed in Nunavut or the Northwestern Territories? I came into the program late tonight.
it is so sad that they get washed up on shore and zoos should catch more of them i wish we could talk to them to say we are going to help you so they would not fight against us.
I think that we should put people in jail for putting an animal up for exticstion.
That video really made me cry hard.
Every year since the beggining of time temperatures change. It all has to do with the carbon being released by the oceans. Global warming is a myth. By the way, the ice melts EVERY year. Its a cycle. Polar bears always migrate and always are floating around during the hotter seasons.
this is horrible
i love this
my students watched this video and they decided to kill the people who killed this polar bears.
We will have the same crisis like “Polar Bears Difficult Decision” in the near future. Stopping climate change of the earth is the best way of saving the earth.