Two people injured in latest attack as hungry bears deprived of access to sea ice increasingly look for food on land. Martin Lopatka/Flickr A polar bear attack in Canada that left two people injured has brought new warnings from scientists of a dangerous rise in human-bear encounters in a warming Arctic. The friends had just walked out of the door in the pre-dawn hours after a party when the young polar bear crept up behind them, unheard and unseen. By the time, the bear was driven off by neighbours wielding a shovel, banging pots and pans, and firing multiple rounds from a shotgun, two people were badly mauled: the young woman who was the original target of the attack and an older male neighbour who tried to come to her rescue. Continue reading on The Guardian. View original –  Polar Bear Attacks: Scientists Warn of Fresh Dangers in Warming Arctic ; ;Related ArticlesCarbon Farming: It’s a Nice Theory, but Don’t Get Your Hopes UpClimate Change Seen Posing Risk to Food SuppliesWATCH: One Year After Sandy, Breezy Point Rebuilds ;

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Polar Bear Attacks: Scientists Warn of Fresh Dangers in Warming Arctic