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The fire had charred 3,000 acres by Wednesday morning, 1,000 more acres than conditions about 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Interagency Fire Center’s Northern California operations.
September 4, 2024 at 10:39 AM. Tahoe National Forest. The Bear Fire in Sierra County grew to 3,000 acres as of Wednesday morning amid hot summer conditions and difficult terrain to navigate. The ...
November 1, 2024 at 5:30 AM. Experts are working with communities in the Arctic to be “bear safe” as polar bears are forced to spend more time on land as a result of climate change. Polar ...
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can interbreed. The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear and land carnivore, with adult males weighing 300–800 kg (660–1,760 lb). The species is sexually dimorphic, as adult females ...
Due to warming air temperatures, ice-floe breakup in western Hudson Bay is currently occurring three weeks earlier than it did 30 years ago, reducing the duration of the polar bear feeding season. The body condition of polar bears has declined during this period; the average weight of lone (and likely pregnant) female polar bears was ...
The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned 4,304,379 acres (1,741,920 ha), [1][2] more than four percent of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire ...
Police sent to find her encountered a large black bear near her body. The bear, which was behaving in a predatory manner, was killed on the spot. [47] [48] Erin Johnson, 27, female: June 19, 2017: Wild: Pogo mine, Alaska: Johnson, a contract employee for Pogo Mine, was killed while collecting soil samples. The bear was shot and killed by mine ...
A “breathtaking” image of a young polar bear drifting off to sleep on an iceberg has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award.