Category Archives: Polarbeargate

Fat polar bears (Ursus Maritimus Obesus) -vs- CFACT

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

The press release below is from Wiley, where they worry that the polar bear can’t find enough sea ice. Meanwhile, billboards proclaim the uptick in polar bear numbers thanks to conservation efforts and other factors. See below for 10 reasons … Continue reading →

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More on the ‘save the polar bear’ timing

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

Yesterday I posted a story, based on a press release from the University of Alberta, suggesting ‘timing is everything‘. Indeed, it appears to be for action. Polarbearscience picked up the release via my story and writes:

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A note to the University of Alberta – timing is everything

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

From the apparently out of touch with reality University of Alberta , comes this poorly timed headline that made me laugh out loud when I read it, because of this other polar bear story today in which it demonstrates polar … Continue reading →

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NPR finally gets it – does this signal an end to the polar bear as poster bear for global warming?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

From NPR: The Inconvenient Truth About Polar Bears In 2008, reports of polar bears’ inevitable march toward extinction gripped headlines. Stories of thinning Arctic ice and even polar bear cannibalism combined to make these predators into a powerful symbol in … Continue reading →

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Al Gore’s ‘drowning polar bear’ source reprimanded

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

From the Seattle Times – the end game of ‘polarbeargate’: Scientist who saw drowned polar bears reprimanded An Alaska scientist whose observations of drowned polar bears helped galvanize the global warming movement has been reprimanded for improper release of government … Continue reading →

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Nunavut Government Study: “the [polar] bear population is not in crisis as people believed,”

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

From the Daily Globe and Mail in Canada: Healthy polar bear count confounds doomsayers The debate about climate change and its impact on polar bears has intensified with the release of a survey that shows the bear population in a … Continue reading →

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Ruling: Polar bears can’t be used to regulate CO2

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Some good news on the ridiculous polar bears are endangered because of climate change front. It seems the linkage to CO2 has been..ahem, denied. I like this part:

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Another round of questions for polar bear researcher

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

From National Public Radio Polar Bear Scientist Faces New Questions by Nell Greenfieldboyce A wildlife biologist is continuing to face questions about an influential paper he wrote on apparently drowned polar bears, with government investigators reportedly asking whether he improperly … Continue reading →

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The polar bear poster that launched a thousand quips

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

Much has been made of the revelation that Charles Monnett is under suspension and investigation related to the issues swirling around drowned polar bears and dubious statistical license used to calculate mortality. I got a request from a reader to … Continue reading →

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Federal Official: Monnett suspension unrelated to “drowned” polar bears

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

As some WUWT readers theorized yesterday, something, perhaps even more egregious is the root of the suspension. The AP obtained an internal memo from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, sent via email circulated to staff. From the Sacramento … Continue reading →

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