The polar bear became an 'accidental icon' of climate change. Is it time to rethink that?

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https://i.cbc.ca/1.6561134.1661371617!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/polar-bear.jpeg When biologist Andrew Derocher discovered in the 1990s how polar bears were affected by climate change, his work helped launch the charismatic critter as an icon — used by activists as a poster animal for a warming world, and exploited by climate deniers to argue the opposite. But get close and the story of Arctic change is more complex.


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