Pessimistic polar bear specialists are wrong — polar bears are much more resilient to low sea ice levels in summer than they assume: their own data from low summer ice years proves it. (polarbearscience.com)
Yet, as I reported yesterday, polar bear specialist Andrew Derocher told the CBC this week that polar bears are almost always «forced» ashore by poor ice conditions. (polarbearscience.com)
But since polar bear specialists have consistently underestimated the adaptability of this species and the resilience of the Arctic ecosystem to respond to changing conditions, it's hard to take any of their hyperbole about the future of polar bears seriously. (polarbearscience.com)