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- Death of a Climate Icon – the polar bear’s demise as a useful poster child Sat, 2 Sep 17, 1:00amBy Dr. Susan Crockford Last week I asked: “What’s causing the death of the polar bear as a climate change icon?” I was echoing the conclusion of a commentator at the Arctic Institute (22 August 2017) who lamented: “The...
- Ten dire polar bear predictions that have failed as global population hits 20-31k Fri, 26 Feb 16, 7:01amGuest essay by Dr. Susan Crockford Grim predictions of the imminent demise of polar bears – their “harsh prophetic reality” as it’s been called – have been touted since at least 2001. But such depressing prophesies...
- It’s official! You can stop worrying about “climate change” effects on the polar bears, seals, and walrus – they’ve seen it all before, including ice-free summers Mon, 11 Jan 16, 7:00amPaleoclimate + genetic study confirms: Arctic species adapted to sea ice changes Guest essay by Dr. Susan Crockford A new paper that combines paleoclimatology data for the last 56 million years with molecular genetic evidence...
- More scientific evidence that polar bears are doing just fine – a 30 42% increase in population with some of them “as fat as pigs.” Thu, 24 Dec 15, 5:13amGuest essay by Dr. Susan J. Crockford of polarbearscience.com * see update below on the % number Survey Results: Svalbard polar bear numbers increased 30 42% over last 11 years Results of this fall’s Barents Sea population...
- More scientific evidence that polar bears are doing just fine – a 30% increase in population with some of them “as fat as pigs.” Thu, 24 Dec 15, 5:13amGuest essay by Dr. Susan J. Crockford of polarbearscience.com Survey Results: Svalbard polar bear numbers increased 30% over last 11 years Results of this fall’s Barents Sea population survey have been released by the...
- Petition Congress to Investigate USGS Polar Bear Research Methods Fri, 27 Nov 15, 8:00amMore Research Finds Polar Bears’ Condition Unaffected by Reduced Summer Sea Ice. Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles:...
- Claim: polar bears can’t subsist on anything but seals Sat, 4 Apr 15, 4:05pmFrom the United States Geological Survey and the department of omnivorous dining comes this: Polar bears unlikely to thrive on land-based foods ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A team of scientists led by the U.S. Geological Survey...
- Another ‘polar bears are in trouble’ story….yawwwn Sun, 22 Mar 15, 11:10amFrom the University of Washington and the department of unbearable press releases: First global review on the status, future of Arctic marine mammals For Arctic marine mammals, the future is especially uncertain...
- Twenty good reasons not to worry about polar bears and climate change Fri, 20 Feb 15, 7:00amVia Dr. Susan Crockford at polarbearscience.com: Here’s a new resource for cooling the polar bear spin, all in one place. I’ve updated and expanded my previous summary of reasons not to worry about polar bears, which...
- Faux polar bear figures Fri, 16 Jan 15, 8:01amSusan Crockford, Special to Financial Post (republished at WUWT with permission from the author) Polar bears are a conservation success story. However, you’d never know that from the output of polar bear researchers, who...
- IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group out-lived its usefulness 20 years ago Fri, 2 Jan 15, 12:07pmThe IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) should have been disbanded in 1996, the year polar bears were down-graded from a status of ‘vulnerable to extinction’ to ‘lower risk – conservation dependent’...
- Are Polar Bear Researchers Blinded by Belief, or Acting Dishonestly? Tue, 2 Dec 14, 2:41pmGuest essay by Jim Steele, Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism Suggesting impending...
- Australian Government Rebukes Obama’s Climate Claims Fri, 21 Nov 14, 2:32amNew Science Scandal: Polar Bear Researchers ‘Hide The Increase’ Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop criticises US president Barack Obama for a speech in Brisbane last weekend in which he claimed climate change threatened...
- Study: Beaufort sea polar bears largely recovered from a 2004-2006 decline Tue, 18 Nov 14, 11:52pmA bit more good news about polar bear populations, this time from an abundance study in the Southern Beaufort Sea. Dr. Susan Crockford writes: A bit more good news about polar bear populations, this time from an abundance...
- Polar bear group admits population estimates were a “guess” Tue, 3 Jun 14, 7:00amIUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group says its global population estimate was “a qualified guess” By Dr. Susan Crockford Last week (May 22), I received an unsolicited email from Dr. Dag Vongraven, the current chairman of...