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Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica?



So why not pack a few off to Antarctica, where the sea ice will never run out?


Once dismissed as wrongheaded and dangerous, assisted colonization -- rescuing vanishing species by moving them someplace new -- is now being discussed by serious conservationists. And no wonder: Caught between climate change and human pressure, species are going extinct 100 times faster than at any point in human history.