A polar bear stands on the edge of the 'ice bridge' Photo: NICK COBBING / GREENPEACE
"The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past," said Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University, who led the latest study, publied in the journal Science.
"Recent projections suggest polar bears could be extinct within 70 years.
"But we think this could be a very conservative estimate. The outlook is very bleak for them and other creatures such as ringed seals.”
He added: "The rate at which sea ice is disappearing is accelerating and these creatures rely on it for shelter, hunting and breeding. If this goes, so do they.”
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