Denning polar bears need better protection from Alaska oil development, scientists say
The industry's current method for detecting dens missed more than half of the dens biologists found during a recent study.
For the oil industry, safe operations on Alaska’s North Slope require avoidance of polar bears. But for more than a decade, a new study has found, the industry has done a poor job of detecting polar bear dens, the sites where mother bears dig into the snow to give birth to and nurse their cubs.
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