Metro: A study that recorded 25 years worth of bear sightings on the Alaskan coast suggests that polar bears are now spending more time either on land or in the open ocean instead of the sea ice they normally use as a hunting platform. Sea ice in the Beaufort Sea has been declining more quickly than in other parts of the Arctic. At the same time, humans and bears have been running into each other more often. Biologist Karyn Rode of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that decline …