US lists polar bear as threatened species
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 13:42
in Earth & Climate
(AP) -- The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday.
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