Polars Bearing Weight of Global Warming

Summary:

Polar bears might be protected by Endangered Species Act because of global warming

Website:

http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=3315

Additional Credits and Funding:

Editor: Lester Graham

Tones:

Engaging, Informational, NPR NewsMagazine-y

Language:

English

Description:

The federal government is considering listing polar bears as threatened because of the effects global warming. Reporter Reid Frazier explains why global warming threatens the bears and how zoos are using their exhibits to make a connection between global warming and the behavior by people at home.

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