Cuff him: Alaska researcher who documented polar bears demise in Arctic placed on leave

APNewsBreak: Arctic scientist under investigation

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press | AP –

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal wildlife biologist whose observation in 2004 of presumably drowned polar bears in the Arctic helped to galvanize the global warming movement has been placed on administrative leave and is being investigated for scientific misconduct, possibly over the veracity of that article.