{"id":604981,"date":"2025-12-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/?p=604981"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:10:28","slug":"how-do-polar-bears-stay-warm-in-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/all\/how-do-polar-bears-stay-warm-in-the-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Polar Bears Stay Warm in the Winter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you know that Arctic temperatures can plunge below -40\u00b0C (-40\u00b0F) during the winter? Brrr! That\u2019s too cold for us, but polar bears don\u2019t bat an eye. Thanks to two layers of fur and a thick layer of fat called blubber, they\u2019re built to handle the chill.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear-snow.jpg\" alt=\"polar bear snow\" class=\"wp-image-32122\" style=\"width:553px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear-snow.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear-snow-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Layer up like a polar bear!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike our furry friends, we rely heavily on our thermostats for heating our homes. Unfortunately, cranking up the thermostat uses a lot of energy. That energy often comes from fossil fuels, which release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and contribute to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar_bear_melting_arctic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22505\" style=\"width:549px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar_bear_melting_arctic.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar_bear_melting_arctic-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This winter, try channeling your inner polar bear. Instead of turning up the heat, throw on a sweater, layer up with some cozy socks, or wrap yourself in a warm blanket!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1346794928-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-611462\" style=\"width:544px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Don\u2019t forget to log this habit in the Act Like and Animal Challenge!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Arctic temperatures can plunge below -40\u00b0C (-40\u00b0F) during the winter? Brrr! That\u2019s too cold for us, but polar bears don\u2019t bat an eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146387,"featured_media":11862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[931],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-604981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":604982,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604981\/revisions\/604982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}