Which long-term environmental change may cause animals adapted to cold weather, like polar bears, to survive and flourish?

An ice age brings long-lasting colder conditions, which favor animals adapted to cold weather. Polar bears are suited to icy habitats, so an ice age may help them survive and flourish. Global warming would reduce their cold, icy habitat, while drought is not the change that best supports them.

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