Pemanasan global sebabkan beruang kutub makin 'ramping'?

Rakaman video dan imej seekor beruang kutub yang kelihatan kurus serta 'hampir mati' bergelut mencari makanan berlaku di Pulau Baffin, Kanada.

Menurut Mirror.uk rakaman dramatik beruang kutub itu dilihat dalam keadaan tidak bermaya serta 'kepenatan' mengheret badannya mencari makanan di tong-tong sampah.

Situasi menyedihkan itu dirakam oleh jurugambar Paul Nicklen sambil mengalirkan air mata.

My entire @Sea_Legacy team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear. It’s a soul-crushing scene that still haunts me, but I know we need to share both the beautiful and the heartbreaking if we are going to break down the walls of apathy. This is what starvation looks like. The muscles atrophy. No energy. It’s a slow, painful death. When scientists say polar bears will be extinct in the next 100 years, I think of the global population of 25,000 bears dying in this manner. There is no band aid solution. There was no saving this individual bear. People think that we can put platforms in the ocean or we can feed the odd starving bear. The simple truth is this—if the Earth continues to warm, we will lose bears and entire polar ecosystems. This large male bear was not old, and he certainly died within hours or days of this moment. But there are solutions. We must reduce our carbon footprint, eat the right food, stop cutting down our forests, and begin putting the Earth—our home—first. Please join us at @sea_legacy as we search for and implement solutions for the oceans and the animals that rely on them—including us humans. Thank you your support in keeping my @sea_legacy team in the field. With @CristinaMittermeier #turningthetide with @Sea_Legacy #bethechange #nature #naturelovers This video is exclusively managed by Caters News. To license or use in a commercial player please contact [email protected] or call +44 121 616 1100 / +1 646 380 1615”

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Dec 5, 2017 at 8:52am PST

"Kami tergamam dan tanpa sengaja air mata jatuh ke pipi," katanya.

Pulau Baffin, Kanada yang merupakan kawasan lautan ais batu atau bongkah ais mencair akibat pemanasan global.

Malah, Nicklen juga akan terus merakam kesengsaraan dan kematian beruang secara perlahan selain menyakitkan itu serta menyiarkannya di media sosial sebagai bukti visual kesan perubahan iklim.

"Apabila para saintis mengatakan beruang kutub makin pupus, saya mahu orang ramai menyedari perkara ini juga berlaku. Beruang kutub akan mati kelaparan.

"Ini apa yang berlaku. Beruang kutub kelaparan," katanya.

Beruang kutub berasal dari Artik dan salah satu daripada punca kematian adalah disebabkan perubahan iklim.

Mereka bergantung kepada ais Artik untuk memburu anjing laut dan perkara itu semakin terancam akibat ais mencair.

"Hakikatnya mudah, jika bumi terus panas, kita pastinya akan kehilangan beruang kutub dan seluruh ekosistemnya," katanya.