Four of the following five results of climate change affect polar bears. Select the exception.

A. The warming atmosphere is occurring twice as fast in the Arctic.
B. The polar bear's hunting season is getting longer.
C. Arctic ice is melting more rapidly.
D. The amount of floating sea ice in the Arctic during the summer is decreasing.
E. Floating sea ice is breaking up earlier each year.


Answer: B

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