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What is the Arctic Death Spiral?

Season 44 Episode 1 | 2m 42s

The Arctic “death spiral” refers to the rapid loss of sea ice caused by climate change. For walruses, this means losing the ice platforms they rely on to rest, raise their young, and hunt. Discover how melting sea ice is reshaping their future.

Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Sarah and Sandra Lyu in memory of Seung and Dorothy Lyu, Colin S. Edwards, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Sandra Atlas Bass, Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation, Dr. George Stanley and Sandra Caruso, The Hite Foundation, Kitty Hawks and Larry Lederman, Perpetual Kindness Foundation and Sun Hill Renewal Fund, Ruth Mary Einhorn, Arlene and Milton D. Berkman, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by Viewers Like You.
Extras
Uncover the secret world of New York and London’s resilient pigeon flocks.
Follow a female mountain lion in the Montana mountains over the course of a decade.
Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS.
See how the Arctic’s most enigmatic animals are coping as the sea ice melts.
It was once believed that walruses dug for clams with their tusks, but the truth is even stranger.
An orphaned baby walrus, just a week old, gets a second chance.
Sumérgete en el misterioso mundo de los gusanos.
Descubre la ciencia de la nieve y su papel vital en nuestros ecosistemas.
Descubre los asombrosos escarabajos peloteros de las selvas tropicales de Guatemala.
Explora el asombroso mundo de la biodiversidad.