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Recent paper on W. Hudson Bay polar bears includes new official sea ice...
Even though it’s in graph form only, we finally have an update on sea ice freeze-up dates for Western Hudson Bay for 2016-2020 (but not breakup dates). This graphed data published by Miller et al....
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W. Hudson Bay polar bear numbers declined 27% in 2021 but not because of...
As will become apparent tomorrow, Western Hudson Bay polar bear numbers apparently declined 27% between 2017 and 2021 but not because of sea ice loss. This fact, gleaned from a secret government...
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Feeding time for Russian polar bears as shorefast ice returns to Laptev Sea,...
Fall is the second-most important feeding season for polar bears after spring but it comes at different times for different subpopulations. Sea ice formation along shorelines attracts fish and seals...
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Churchill so far has few problems with polar bears despite predictions of a...
Despite misleading warnings in mid-August that a record number of incidents had already taken place, and that Churchill was on track for a record-number of bear problems this fall, the number of...
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Polar bear sea ice habitat update at 15 November & problem bears in Western...
Abundant polar bear habitat this fall across the Arctic so far, with only Hudson Bay sea ice formation a bit behind schedule. However, Churchill has not seen the anticipated spike in problem bear...
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Western Hudson Bay polar bears on their way offshore to hunt seals: freeze-up...
Official confirmation has come in this morning that polar bears that have spent the summer fasting along Western Hudson Bay now have enough ice to move offshore. That makes this year a bit later than...
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Despite hand-wringing about Churchill polar bears this year, 2023 wasn’t...
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 record: in...
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Churchill end-of-season problem polar bear reports finally published
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 recent years. This season lasted 24 weeks, the...
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Polar bears and sea ice fail to implode in 2023 as predicted, with special...
As this year draws to a close, it is worth noting that over the last 12 months — and contrary to predictions and headlines, including claims about “the warmest year ever” — polar bears have not been...
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When polar bears die, they die of starvation: new Nature paper is propaganda,...
Is it a coincidence that a paper reporting the results of a no-news study on polar bears, but which predicts future starvation due to climate change, was published two weeks to the day ahead of a...
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