Just to make something clear...
That doesn't mean that a drop in the local population is not important. It means I'm tired of obvious agendas in news stories.
The real situation with polar bears is complex. If there is climate change, they will move from one area to another. I'm hoping people are tracking this as best they can. Through the last 7,000 years, there were many periods when the arctic summer was ice-free. Yet there are still polar bears.
More than anyone ever wanted to know about polar bear populations here. The map link at the top is cool.