Comment: Polar bear āinvasion' Published on: 14 February 2019 Writing for The Conversation, Dr Niki Rust discusses how climate change is making human-wildlife conflicts worse. , were all during the past two decades and the ever were recorded in 2018 ā a heat increase from 2017 equivalent to that of the Hiroshima bomb. Climate change is here and itās already wreaking havoc. The polar bear ā something of a poster child for climate change ā is just one of countless victims in this warming world. Itās thought that if global temperatures continue to which is likely to happen if we do nothing to reduce our carbon emissions, could be lost from Earthās most biodiverse places. As ocean temperatures melt ice sheets ā the hunting grounds of polar bears ā these large carnivores have to search new areas for food, which is why āinvadedā a Russian town in February 2019, looking for their next meal. Locals were frightened to go outside ā with good reason: .
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