Daily Mail
"A forlorn polar bear cub is comforted by its mother as they drift miles from shore on a rapidly shrinking ice floe.The Arctic-dwelling animals have become an iconic cause for green campaigners, who claim dramatic images such as these prove that global warming is destroying the world.But despite this image being released today, it was actually taken in August last year, when it is normal for coastal ice to naturally break up and melt."
"TUG OF WAR OVER ICON OF ENVIRONMENT CAMPAIGN - Melting Arctic ice is believed to threaten the survival of the bears and green campaigners point to the startling 2007 U.S Geological Survey study to back their claims. It predicted a decline in sea ice could lead to the loss of two-thirds of the polar bear population within half a century.
However, this contrasts with the views of Dr Mitchell Taylor. The academic, who has been researching the status of the bears in Canada and around the Arctic Circle for 30 years, insists that far from decreasing polar bear numbers are in fact increasing.
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