By Dr. Susan Crockford
My new report reveals that polar bears are doing well despite recent reductions in sea-ice. It shows in details why this is so, with summaries of critical recent research.
Press release and pdf below. And read my op-ed in the National Post here.
Here it is, in pdf form: State of the Polar Bear Report 2017
Sadly they seem to have eaten all the penguins in the Arctic to have survived.
The incontrovertible evidence for that is the non existence of penguins in the Arctic.
With no penguins to eat they are going to be extinct…_
Maybe not. I’ve read that jackalopes are fleeing the lower 48 for cooler climes. Enough of those will keep the polar bears fat.
Unfortunately, jackalope numbers have been greatly depleted by chupacabra, coming North from the border, driven by desertification of the Southwest. There will not be enough to feed any polar bears. Coca-Cola has volunteered to fill the nutrition gap, but the American Diabetes Association has filed an injunction to stop them.
No, both are being hunted to extinction by Bigfoot
I thought the jackalopes were being hunted to extinction by people who wanted to mount their heads in steak restaurants?
We had better instutute an emergency crash program to repatriate our marmots, who have been trying to illegally emigrate to Canada because of climate change. If we don’t stop, soon the lower 57 contiguous states will be marmot-less. Imagine the horror of that eventuality, of knowing those cute little rodents could not find a home anywhere because we had driven them out by our callous and profligate use of Sport Utility Vehicles. And then, there’s the additional horror of these poor creatures, simply looking for a better life in a better country, savagely attacked and preyed upon by a creature that is also cute and which looks like it’s as pure as the driven snow (especially when a baby), but which quickly grows to be a terrifying killer carnivore. And I haven’t yet mentioned the societal level issues, such as what will your garden variety nilhilist use to terrorize people of laid-back persuasion as they relax in the bathtub? Do you expect them to use ferrets? That would be ridiculous. So, you had better park your SUVs, permanently. Turn them into flower boxes or dump them in the sea to create artificial reefs. Because we must not allow a marmot gap!
Very nice job, Dr. Crockford. Good to see you getting widespread publicity on it. The recent attack piece just shows how very important your carefully documented work is in countering this warmunist alarm symbol.
I echo that response, however, I have a suggestion for Dr. Crockford …
I suggest that she modify the cover page to include a MOTHER Polar Bear and TWO (not just one) adorable, cute, cuddly, Polar Bear CUBS. Because in the current “climate” of science … you must FIRST appeal to the emotions of the reader … before presenting all of the words, graphs, and charts … that they just won’t read.
Yes, illustrating FAT, cuddly, CUBS frolicking with MOM-bear … that’ll be ALL the ‘science’ necessary
Don’t forget to put some just eaten seal cadavers in the background with a lot of blood.
Seconded. Keep up the good work, Dr. Crockford.
not only are polar bears thriving. Canada has determined more than 1/2 thousand per year need to be harvested.
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/convention-international-trade-endangered-species/non-detriment-findings/polar-bear.html
Thank you, Dr. Crockford, for a rational analysis of the so-called problem.
My entry for picture annotation: “Does this coat make my butt look big?”
Thank You Dr. Crockford for being a voice of truth and reason.
Maybe we should start polar bear colonies in Antarctica. Wait, we aren’t really concerned about polar bears that much?
Sorry for the snark. Excellent job Prof Crockford.
Maybe we should start penguin colonies in the Arctic.
Thank you for your work and dedication Dr. Crockford.
Nice work, Dr Crockford. It appears that the only documented declines in a polar bear population were due to thick ice, not a lack of ice seasonally, which does not fit the narrative of the green blob.
Unlikely this work will be reported in the Mainstream Media, unfortunately. The Guardian and the other shills for the Green movement are too invested in their lies.
They’ve been thriving for a long time. ‘Still’ thriving might be a better headline.
The bears will do fine as long as we don’t over-hunt them – from helicopter.
Have to say it is nice to see a Dr Crockford posting with no ridiculous slanderers remarks from the no longer commenting Griff. Gone and happily forgotten, nuff said.
Tragic; Griff went extinct before the bears did.
(chuckle)
Made my day!
Funny thing, I rather miss Griff’s blatherings….
Just finished this article and what should pop up on the (British) television? An advert from the WWF imploring us to adopt a polar bear in order to save it from the ravages of AGW.
I wonder if the WFF has ever read Dr Crockford’s work? You’d think they had higher priority animals with smaller populations and vanishing habitats to save. Apparently not.
I strongly concur.
All CAGW dudes should adopt a polar bear, thus quickly reducing populations of CAGW dudes.
Au contraire! If you do that the Polar Bear population will increase and the CAGW Dudes will decrease, on account of be eaten by the bears they’ve adopted. I am using the word “adopted” as is “adopt a child”
Actually, it’s an excellent idea.
Your consistent efforts to present reliable field data on polar bears is much appreciated Dr. Crockford!
It’s interesting to me that her article in the Financial Post drew criticisms not of the data presented but only ad hominem attacks.
And the same ad hominem attacks as always. There was, though, two more recitations of the Frank Luntz memo. After reading those comments, I always feel the need for a shower.
As long as the bears stay in the north polar region, I’m happy to hear that they are doing OK.
Now, if they start to move to Florida I won’t be as supportive at all.
They will be hunting that tasty and usually fat species that migrates to Florida beaches in winter. The Canadian snowbird.
I just love the first page denouement,
and then taking to the driving seat, seizing of the reins and accelerating down the track leaving the others still looking for a horse.
It will be very difficult for anyone to argue with this concise and and referenced work without having to explain their previous data/modelling failures first.
Nice and clean as it should be, simply brilliant.
I was hoping for more graphs, but thats just me
Two articles on WUWT with total opposite scope, what is going on with science and MSM.!!
So good to see a real scientist (dealing in facts rather than agenda) laying out the bare bear facts. Good to see she is getting some publicity as well. Poor old Michael and Al are losing traction.
The way the warmist camp bashes her just shows that she threatens the gravy train they are riding. Their grants get smaller when the crisis is nullified. Same problem the rest of the jonny-come-lately academics face. What do I do when the river changes course?
Great job, Dr. Crockford!
It was interesting in her report that the only region (South Beaufort) where the polar bear population was decreasing was due to too-thick sea ice in spring which prevented seals from giving birth there.
Thank you Dr. Crockford.
An excellent report.
Congratulations on your professionalism.
I wonder what kind of resistance Dr. Crockford receives considering her location. The university of Victoria is a bastion of green utopia as is the relatively nearby Universities of British Columbia and Simon Fraser. Also these are the bastions of David Suzuki and Andrew Weaver. The whole metro Vancouver, Victoria, Vancouver Island are all irrational greenies. I have nothing against being so called green its just the irrational kind. Not a whole lot of critical thinking at these schools or area takes place.
Oh also, British Columbia also has a carbon tax, to save the polar bears.
I wonder what the thick ice wrecking the sealing off part of NE Canada will do to the bears. If they are there. “Eaten!”, anyone?
Thanks Susan.
Extinct Polar Bears will become a rare and exciting event.
Have a great conference, Dr. Crockford!