The IUCN/Polar Bear Specialist Group has released the results of its June 29-July 3, 2009 meeting in Copenhagen. Delegates agreed that Arctic climate change is the single biggest threat to polar bears. They confirmed their earlier conclusion that unabated global warming will ultimately threaten polar bears everywhere.  (more)

PBI has opened registration for its 2009 Project Polar Bear Contest, a way for small groups of young people to make a big difference.  (more)

In a major victory for polar bears, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation today that will require large U.S. companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 17% from 2005 levels by 2020 and 83% by 2050.  (more)

Polar bear populations in the Beaufort, Chukchi, and Bering seas are declining due to continued sea-ice melt and Russian poaching, according to reports released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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PBI has been invited to join scientists from the five polar bear nations at a meeting in Copenhagen to discuss the worldwide status of the polar bear. (more)

Confused about global warming? We've added a PDF called "Climate Literacy" to the education section of our website. It was published by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program/NOAA and explains the science in easy to understand terms. (more)

Every year, Alicia spends two weeks on the tundra buggies that serve as polar bear watching platforms for Churchill visitors, educating them about polar bears and climate change. (more)

Better management of forests, more careful agricultural practices, and the restoration of peatlands could soak up significant amounts of carbon dioxide, the most common of the gases blamed for global warming.
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Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice stated that climate change poses a serious threat to the world's polar bear populations. He made the remarks at a conference of ministers in Paris representing the world's top greenhouse gas-emitting economies. (more)

Forecasts of polar bear populations and their likely responses to climate change have been strengthened by a new publication. Steven C. Amstrup of PBI's Scientific Advisory Council is the lead author.  (more)

An animated polar bear that lets students “see” their energy consumption in real time is motivating them to conserve energy. (more)

Have you ever wondered what it's like to work with polar bears in the Arctic? Mike Lockhart, a PBI biologist, offers a window into that world. (more)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar let stand a controversial Bush ruling on polar bear protections. Although the Obama administration has pledged to address climate change, Salazar said that the Endangered Species Act should not serve as the vehicle for regulating greenhouse gases. (more)

Researchers in Canada are reporting for the first time that high mercury levels in certain Arctic seals appear to be linked to vanishing sea ice caused by global warming. (more)