The worring effects of global warming have led to the decision of announcing the polar bear as a threatened species. A major factor is the massive decline in Arctic sea ice.

"The science is absolutely clear that polar bear needs protection under the Endangered Species Act," said Andrew Wetzler, director of the endangered species program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, according to the LATimes. The Endangered Species Act is the country’s most powerful environmental law and this is its first use in more than two years.
The debates and plans were rushed after last year’s dark prognose presented by the scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey. Their nine-volume analysis claimed that by 2050 two-thirds of the bear’s habitat will dissappear.

The Interior Department was given the suggestion to present the polar bear issue with a higher designation, such as "endangered with extinction," rather than the less worring "threatened."

Hunting for bears has been restricted in the U.S. since the 1960s, as their number dropped significally to an all-times-low of 12,000. Since then, with great efforts, the number was doubled, rasing some of the stress from the environmentalists. Unfortunately, the issue was brought back into the main lane by the accelerated melting ice. The WWF and many other environmental groups have made numerous claims about the necessary rapid tackle of one of the reasons for this situation: the greenhouse gas emissions.

The information about the polar bear’s habitat should not come as news to anyone as the reasons for such a scenario have been announced for many years by a large number of scientists and environmentalists.

The sad part is that, normally, such a law, given against illegal hunting, can actually help and present results. But in the current situation, no low can regulate global climate change.