Starving Polar Bear Photo: Don't Blame (Just) Climate Change

For tourists and wildlife photographers, the main reason to come to Svalbard is to see polar bears. Polar bears have become the fuzzy face of the impacts of climate change, with shrinking sea ice in the Arctic affecting how the bears normally roam and hunt. Now, after a photograph of an emaciated polar bear hobbling on ice went viral online, some people are wondering if global warming is causing these majestic creatures to starve.