Archive - Nov 2, 2004

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Study: Arctic warming at twice the global rate

Study: Arctic warming at twice the global rate

Species, including polar bears, may go extinct as Arctic ice melts

11/03/04

OSLO, Norway (Reuters) -- Global warming is heating the Arctic almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet in a thaw that threatens millions of livelihoods and could wipe out polar bears by 2100, an eight-nation report said on Monday.

The report says polar bears are unlikely to survive.