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A new report on the state of the Arctic tundra makes for depressing reading for the future of all biodiversity in the region, writes DICK AHLSTROMScience Editor

A TIME IS fast approaching when the only polar bears on the planet will be living in zoos. A rapid loss of sea ice due to global warming may soon leave this iconic animal unable to live in a changed world.