This year is probably a good year for Svalbard’s polar bears because there is a lot of sea ice here compared to recent years,” he said [The Guardian, 2 April…
Category: Polar Bears
Hudson Bay polar bears now considered most likely to survive future sea ice loss
Over the last 10 years, Hudson Bay polar bears have morphed from being the “most at risk” across the Arctic to the “least at risk.” Who would have thought?
State of the Polar Bear 2023: W. Hudson Bay polar bear numbers have not declined since 2004
From Polar Bear Science Susan Crockford In my State of the Polar Bear 2023 report for the Global Warming Policy Foundation, I discuss recent news relevant to polar bear conservation and science issues.…
NY Times pushes an implausible story of polar bear evolution and what makes a species
In my opinion, this kind of ‘science communication’ is more misleading than enlightening because it fails to alert readers to the fact that the topic is actually more complicated and…
When polar bears die, they die of starvation: new Nature paper is propaganda, not news
Starvation is a natural cause of death for polar bears and is virtually never caused by lack of sea ice.
Arctic “Just-So Stories”: Bad Science by Climate Alarmists
by Jim Steele The Arctic Ocean was nick-named the “upside down Ocean” by Fridtjof Nansen. Nansen was a famous Norwegian zoologists, oceanographer, and Arctic explorer as well as winner of…
Tom Nelson interview with Susan Crockford about the failed polar bear narrative and rapid evolution
Susan Crockford, a zoologist, discusses the challenges in accurately estimating polar bear populations and the ongoing debate between Inuit communities and polar bear specialists regarding population sizes.
Polar bears and sea ice fail to implode in 2023 as predicted, with special thanks for your support
Contradictions and failed predictions abound.
Churchill end-of-season problem polar bear reports finally published
From Polar Bear Science Susan Crockford Today the Town of Churchill finally published the final problem bear reports of the season, which presents an opportunity to do a quick comparison to…
Despite hand-wringing about Churchill polar bears this year, 2023 wasn’t their worst summer
For months, the media has been bleating about the poor polar bears of Churchill suffering from lack of sea ice blamed on human-caused climate change during the so-called ‘hottest year’ on…
Western Hudson Bay polar bears on their way offshore to hunt seals: freeze-up has begun
…so far, there have been no reports from this region of incidents of cannibalism, starving bears found wandering the landscape like zombies, or desperate attacks on people that polar bear specialists have warned us to expect (Abrahms et al.…
Polar bear sea ice habitat update at 15 November & problem bears in Western Hudson Bay
Abundant polar bear habitat this fall across the Arctic so far, with only Hudson Bay sea ice formation a bit behind schedule.
Walrus and polar bear population size changes in the N. Atlantic over the last 20k years
the walrus research conclusions are much better supported, less biased by climate change rhetoric, and lack the hubris present in the polar bear paper
Churchill so far has few problems with polar bears despite predictions of a record bad year
… the number of incidents and bears captured so far have been well below other years after the same number of weeks ashore.
Polar bear researchers hiding significant increase in Southern Hudson Bay numbers
And surprise, surprise: the bombshell SH results call into question everything the ‘experts’ have been saying about polar bears in Hudson Bay for years.
Feeding time for Russian polar bears as shorefast ice returns to Laptev Sea, ice-generator of the Arctic
Sea ice formation along shorelines attracts fish and seals and that means polar bears which spent the summer onshore will soon eat again after their summer fast.
Evolution Earth documentary comments on polar bear survival & adaptation: let’s see how they do
I admit I don’t have high hopes but it will be interesting to see what approach this documentary takes on the critical issues of evolution and adaptation of polar bears.
New Study that Claims it Can Directly Link GHG Emissions to Polar Bear Cub Survival is Poppycock
A global warming miracle has happened.
Those Damn Polar Bears Refuse to Die
Those damn Polar Bears just aren’t dying the way we said they would, but it might/could/may/perhaps happen in the future.
Conservation Officers Misleading the Public about Polar Bear Problems in Churchill
You only have to go back to 2021 to find similar numbers of incidents and bears in the holding facility at the end of week 9
Repeat of 2013 high-profile Sierra Club polar bear attack, this time with Inuit victims
Almost 10 years later to the day, another polar bear attack resulting in serious injury has taken place in the northern Labrador/Quebec region of Eastern Canada.
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