From Polar Bear Science Posted on June 17, 2021 At mid-month, there is still an abundance of thick first year ice over much of Hudson Bay, suggesting that – yet again…
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Polar bear habitat in Canada at the first week of June sees widening of critical polynyas
Winds primarily cause the apparent sea ice ‘breakup’ in late spring through the widening of persistent polynyas and shore leads. This year the development of critical open water areas in…
New survey estimates 10x as many polar bears in Russian section of Chukchi Sea as in USA portion
While admitting that using fixed aircraft and heat-detecting technology for the first time in this count presented a number of challenges, the authors propose the method could yield better results…
Activist heads explode as USFWS says oil activities pose minimal risk to polar bears in AK
From Polar Bear Science Posted on May 30, 2021 | Apparently, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under Joe Biden agrees with my conclusion that oil company activities in Alaska pose minimal risk…
Wandering polar bears are the new starving polar bears, falsely blamed on climate change
This means that the ‘scientists’ quoted below by The Times were making up nonsense for the media, who apparently didn’t think to question it. ‘Polar bear treks 1,500 miles south…
How are polar bears doing 15 years after the IUCN declared them ‘vulnerable’ to extinction?
What we’ve learned over the last 15 years is that polar bears only require sea ice until about mid-May or mid-June (depending on the latitude) and again in the late…
Death of prominent Canadian polar bear biologist a tragic loss to science
As a current member of the international Polar Bear Specialist Group, which looks at polar bear population management worldwide, Dyck remained an “outspoken” force for community-based polar bear management in…
Earth Day 2021: celebrate abundant sea ice habitat for polar bear feeding and mating
Late April is the height of the most important polar bear feeding and mating season and there is abundant sea ice habitat across the Arctic for doing both.
Less than usual ice conditions off Labrador have meant very few polar bear sightings
The ice came early to Labrador in 2019 and continued to be be relatively heavy throughout the spring. There was lighter ice in 2020 but not as late and light…
Not a myth: State of the Polar Bear Report shows 2020 was another good year for polar bears
As Crockford’s report reveals, plankton growth – the critical health measure of marine life in the Arctic – reached record highs in August 2020. More plankton (‘primary productivity’) due to…
Polar bear sea ice habitat highs and lows in early February
Sea ice across the Arctic in the first week of February is a mix of highs and lows. Bering Sea is back up to almost normal coverage, as is the…
Polar bears can come ashore any time of year and cause trouble: a timely reminder
If you thought polar bears were only a danger to people in summer when sea ice is low, think again. Bears do occasionally come ashore early to mid-winter looking for…
Late fall polar bear habitat 2020 compared to some previous years
As is usual at this time of year, the Canadian Archipelago, the Beaufort, East Siberian and Laptev Seas are well covered in ice (see regions on map below). As for…
Polar bears again attracted to Russian town by dead walrus Attenborough blames on no sea ice
Lack of sea ice caused by human-caused global warming is not causing increasing numbers of polar bears to congregate around Ryrkaypiy in the late fall. A combination of increasing numbers…
New footage reveals Netflix faked walrus climate deaths
Netflix faked ‘Our Planet’ walrus deaths in order to blame them on climate change – polar bears actually were the cause of walrus falling to their deaths from a Siberian…
Shorefast ice formation and the fall feeding season for polar bear
What may seem like a silly question is actually fundamental to polar bear survival: in the fall, why do Western Hudson Bay bears correctly expect to find seals in the…
Western & Southern Hudson Bay polar bears experience earliest freeze-up in decades
This is shaping up to be one of the shortest ice-free seasons in at least 20 years for both Western and Southern Hudson Bay polar bears.
Ten fat polar bears filmed raiding a stalled Russian garbage truck
From the Siberian Times today (20 October) is a story with few facts but a fabulous video of six fat adults and four fat cubs as they set siege to…
Some surprises in polar bear sea ice habitat at mid-October 2020
Arctic sea ice has been growing steadily since the minimum extent was reached a month ago, with shorefast ice now developing along the Russian and Alaskan coastlines as ice cover…
S. Beaufort polar bear population stable since 2010 not declining new report reveals
A just-released report on the latest count for the Alaska portion of the Southern Beaufort subpopulation reveals that numbers have been stable since 2010 despite claims the population has continued…
Polar bear researchers try very hard to make good news in Kane Basin sound trivial
In an astonishing display of under-selling good news, the authors of a new paper announcing that Kane Basin polar bears are doing well have avoided mentioning that the population increased…
Potential impact of the second-lowest sea ice minimum since 1979 on polar bear survival
The annual summer sea ice minimum in the Arctic has been reached and while the precise extent has not yet been officially determined, it’s clear this will be the ‘second…
Attenborough’s new attempt to scare people about polar bear extinction and walrus deaths
Attenborough’s new attempt to scare people about polar bear extinction and walrus deaths
