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21 July 2022
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Smithsonian Magazine
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Sarah Kuta
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As Arctic Temperatures Rise, Polar Bears Are Eating More Garbage
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
N 58º 46' 9.516" W 94º 10' 25.262"
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N 58º 46' 9.516" W 94º 10' 25.262"
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58.76931 -94.173684
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A new paper warns that a growing reliance on trash is leading to more human-bear conflict
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