During stretches when they don't have access to sea ice, polar bears typically move to land or head to other areas where they can find sea ice.But that ice is absent for more than 250 days each year in southeast Greenland. Polar bears typically use sea ice that freezes along the coastlines as their hunting ground to catch seals. They published their findings today in the journal Science. Researchers tracked the group - which they say likely contains a few hundred bears - using satellite data and ground-based tracking devices.However, many questions remain to be answered about the newly identified population and its ability to withstand rapid Arctic climate change.ĭriving the news: The newly discovered group of polar bears lives among the isolated fjords and glaciers of southeast Greenland.

Why it matters: The research suggests polar bears can live in a wider variety of conditions than scientists previously thought - and, some scientists say, raises the possibility that some groups of polar bears in select locations could be more resistant to global warming's sweeping changes. He has been awarded the NARA/TOTO World Architecture Trienniel inJapan, second prize finalist also a Special Mention from the Museum of the National Arts Foundation, as well as the Lloyd Warren Fellowship: 74th Paris Prize, finalist.Īmong his videos there is The Whispering Eye, also From Space to Memory and The Bridge.Scientists have identified a previously unknown group of polar bears in southeast Greenland living in an environment with relatively little sea ice, potentially pointing toward a way to preserve some of the iconic species as Arctic sea ice melts. Noteworthy shows include Myths, Images and Metaphors at the Venezuelan Art Center Constructed Paintings, solo show at Doma Gallery in New York City, and 'Architecture, Science and Reason at Higgins Hall Gallery in New York, among others. His work has been exhibited in New York, Connecticut and Latin America. Painting, video, film, philosophy and science have entered his work through the act of architectural conception, design and construction. Garcia-Nunez's main interest for the past 13 years has been the theoretical and poetic exploration of space and form. No one never finds the same iceberg twice. Placing them in a glass dome display case is the effort to preserve what would be an inevitable fate. These drawings and sculptures portray Icebergs, each with a unique character, stance and personality a document that leaves a testament to their delicate pride at a moment in their journey to their final melting spot. Since 1972, sophisticated iceberg tracking databases around the world have followed these gentle giants once they venture off into the deep ocean. They have a relatively short life once they cave from a main ice shelf.ĭuring the short life expectancy of 2-3 years, Icebergs remain gracefully dangerous to man’s travelling and commercial activities. Icebergs have names, personalities, individual marks, and a sense of direction thanks to the ocean’s currents. Graphite is first applied in a heavy layer and is then erased in sections to highlight the form of the iceberg and reflections of the water and sky. Unique, contemporary grey scale graphite drawing of an iceberg showing ice above and below a waterline that appears Graphite on paper in white frame with 8-ply white matĨ x 10 inches unframed, 18 x 22 inches framed Black and white landscape drawing of a giant iceberg

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