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In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble [Video]

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A polar bear nurses her cub, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

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By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada’s massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that’s on a low fat, low ice diet because of climate change.

And it’s getting lower on polar bears.

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