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SIZE: 12,7 cm x 12,7 cm - 5" x 5"
PAINTING GROUND: AMPERSAND GESSOBORD 3 mm
COLORS: DANIEL SMITH watercolors
2022 © ISABELLA KRAMER
"Polar bears rely heavily on sea ice for traveling, hunting, resting, mating, and, in some areas, maternal dens. But because of ongoing and potential loss of their sea ice habitat resulting from climate change–the primary threat to polar bears Arctic-wide–polar bears were listed as a threatened species in the US under the Endangered Species Act in May 2008. As their sea ice habitat recedes earlier in the spring and forms later in the fall, polar bears are increasingly spending longer periods on land, where they are often attracted to areas where humans live.
The survival and the protection of the polar bear habitat are urgent issues for WWF. In October 2019, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Polar Bear Specialist Group released a new assessment of polar bear populations showing that the number of polar bear subpopulations experiencing recent declines has increased to four, with eight populations still being data-deficient. The good news is that five populations are stable while two have been experiencing an upward trend."
©www.worldwildlife.org
It's my first try on gessobord and I'm thrilled. It's a wonderful surface. Part one of a small Polar Bears series.
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