Southern polar sea ice reached its peak at the end of August, and November, December, January and February all saw rapid declines.
Not exact matches
At a hamlet on the
southern end of Ellesmere called Grise Fiord, whose Inuit name means «the place that never thaws out,» the Inuit have watched the
sea ice that supports their traditional seal,
polar bear and whale hunting decrease every year.
A young
polar bear sitting on the shore in
southern Beaufort
Sea, Alaska.
And the number of
polar bears in the
southern edge of their range, the Hudson Bay, have drastically decreased as
sea ice is present for shorter and shorter amounts of time, he notes.
Freshwater injection into the North Atlantic and
Southern oceans increases
sea level pressure at middle latitudes and decreases it at
polar latitudes (Figs. 20, S22), but the impact is different in the North Atlantic than in the
Southern Ocean.
Impact of ice melt on storms Freshwater injection onto the North Atlantic and
Southern Oceans causes increase of
sea level pressure at middle latitudes and decrease at
polar latitudes.
The paper, «Long - distance swimming by
polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of the
southern Beaufort
Sea during years of extensive open water,» is published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology.
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polar bear populations and trends * Study
polar bear feeding ecology * Work cooperatively with the Alaska Nanuuq Commission and the North Slope Borough for co-management of
polar bears in Alaska * Provide technical assistance to the participants of the 1988 North Slope Borough Inuvialuit (In new vee al u it) Game Council Agreement for the conservation of
polar bears in the
southern Beaufort
Sea region and monitor the effects of oil and gas operations in the Beaufort
Sea region.
A bit more good news about
polar bear populations, this time from an abundance study in the
Southern Beaufort
Sea.
Most interesting is that the about monthly variations correlate with the lunar phases (peak on full moon) The Helsinki Background measurements 1935 The first background measurements in history; sampling data in vertical profile every 50 - 100m up to 1,5 km; 364 ppm underthe clouds and above Haldane measurements at the Scottish coast 370 ppmCO2 in winds from the
sea; 355 ppm in air from the land Wattenberg measurements in the southern Atlantic ocean 1925-1927 310 sampling stations along the latitudes of the southern Atlantic oceans and parts of the northern; measuring all oceanographic data and CO2 in air over the sea; high ocean outgassing crossing the warm water currents north (> ~ 360 ppm) Buchs measurements in the northern Atlantic ocean 1932 - 1936 sampling CO2 over sea surface in northern Atlantic Ocean up to the polar circle (Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Barents Sea); measuring also high CO2 near Spitsbergen (Spitsbergen current, North Cape current) 364 ppm and CO2 over sea crossing the Atlantic from Kopenhagen to Newyork and back (Brements on a swedish island Lundegards CO2 sampling on swedish island (Kattegatt) in summer from 1920 - 1926; rising CO2 concentration (+7 ppm) in the 20s; ~ 328 ppm yearly aver
sea; 355 ppm in air from the land Wattenberg measurements in the
southern Atlantic ocean 1925-1927 310 sampling stations along the latitudes of the
southern Atlantic oceans and parts of the northern; measuring all oceanographic data and CO2 in air over the
sea; high ocean outgassing crossing the warm water currents north (> ~ 360 ppm) Buchs measurements in the northern Atlantic ocean 1932 - 1936 sampling CO2 over sea surface in northern Atlantic Ocean up to the polar circle (Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Barents Sea); measuring also high CO2 near Spitsbergen (Spitsbergen current, North Cape current) 364 ppm and CO2 over sea crossing the Atlantic from Kopenhagen to Newyork and back (Brements on a swedish island Lundegards CO2 sampling on swedish island (Kattegatt) in summer from 1920 - 1926; rising CO2 concentration (+7 ppm) in the 20s; ~ 328 ppm yearly aver
sea; high ocean outgassing crossing the warm water currents north (> ~ 360 ppm) Buchs measurements in the northern Atlantic ocean 1932 - 1936 sampling CO2 over
sea surface in northern Atlantic Ocean up to the polar circle (Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Barents Sea); measuring also high CO2 near Spitsbergen (Spitsbergen current, North Cape current) 364 ppm and CO2 over sea crossing the Atlantic from Kopenhagen to Newyork and back (Brements on a swedish island Lundegards CO2 sampling on swedish island (Kattegatt) in summer from 1920 - 1926; rising CO2 concentration (+7 ppm) in the 20s; ~ 328 ppm yearly aver
sea surface in northern Atlantic Ocean up to the
polar circle (Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Barents
Sea); measuring also high CO2 near Spitsbergen (Spitsbergen current, North Cape current) 364 ppm and CO2 over sea crossing the Atlantic from Kopenhagen to Newyork and back (Brements on a swedish island Lundegards CO2 sampling on swedish island (Kattegatt) in summer from 1920 - 1926; rising CO2 concentration (+7 ppm) in the 20s; ~ 328 ppm yearly aver
Sea); measuring also high CO2 near Spitsbergen (Spitsbergen current, North Cape current) 364 ppm and CO2 over
sea crossing the Atlantic from Kopenhagen to Newyork and back (Brements on a swedish island Lundegards CO2 sampling on swedish island (Kattegatt) in summer from 1920 - 1926; rising CO2 concentration (+7 ppm) in the 20s; ~ 328 ppm yearly aver
sea crossing the Atlantic from Kopenhagen to Newyork and back (Brements on a swedish island Lundegards CO2 sampling on swedish island (Kattegatt) in summer from 1920 - 1926; rising CO2 concentration (+7 ppm) in the 20s; ~ 328 ppm yearly average
After all, the computer models used to predict a dire future for
polar bears combined the Chukchi
Sea with the
Southern Beaufort, as having similar ice habitats («ice ecoregions»).
Long - distance swimming events by adult female
polar bears in the
southern Beaufort and Chukchi
seas
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Sea, Davis Strait, IUCN, number of
polar bears, PBSG, Peacock,
Polar Bear Specialist Group,
Southern Beaufort, Stapleton, western hudson bay
Tagged annual summer minimum, arctic
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polar bear, record low, Regehr, ringed seals, Rode,
sea ice extent, Southern Beaufort, Stirling, summer ice minimum, summer sea ice, thick spring
sea ice extent,
Southern Beaufort, Stirling, summer ice minimum, summer
sea ice, thick spring
sea ice, thick spring ice
Tagged Arctic, Beaufort, fall, habitat, Kaktovik,
polar bear,
sea ice,
Southern Beaufort, summer, thick spring ice
One aspect of the recently published study on Chukchi
Sea polar bears (Rode et al. 2014 [now in print] 2013; see here and here) has not been stressed enough: their finding that the differences in overall condition between bears in the Chukchi and Southern Beaufort Seas came down to disparities in spring feeding opportunities and therefore, the condition of spring sea i
Sea polar bears (Rode et al. 2014 [now in print] 2013; see here and here) has not been stressed enough: their finding that the differences in overall condition between bears in the Chukchi and
Southern Beaufort
Seas came down to disparities in spring feeding opportunities and therefore, the condition of spring
sea i
sea ice.
This emphasizes the fact that the primary problem faced by
Southern Beaufort
sea polar bears is not scarce summer ice but by thick
sea ice conditions in the spring.
The strength of these currents is influenced by the location of the
polar fronts as determined by
sea level pressures in the
Southern and Northern Annular Modes.
And it is known that the
southern polar regions «see - saws» with the northern — so when the north
polar is on the up cycle — the south
polar in on a downer (Bob Tisdale's graph of the
southern ocean SSTs shows this clearly for the «global warming» period of 1980 - 2005 — and the Peninsula Region just catches a flow - in from warmer
seas to the north).
Thoughts on Antarctic
Sea Ice In warm times, when
southern polar waters are warm and the ice around the Antarctic continent is small, the snow falls on the ice on land and builds up.
Diet of female
polar bears in the
southern Beaufort
Sea of Alaska: evidence for an emerging alternative foraging strategy in response to environmental change.
However, the fact that
polar bears in the Chukchi
Sea and Southern Davis Strait are thriving despite dramatic declines in summer sea ice (aka an extended open - water season), proves my point and disproves their premi
Sea and
Southern Davis Strait are thriving despite dramatic declines in summer
sea ice (aka an extended open - water season), proves my point and disproves their premi
sea ice (aka an extended open - water season), proves my point and disproves their premise.
The
polar front changes largely in response to
sea level pressure difference between the pole and the sub-Antarctic — as measured by the
Southern Annular Mode (SAM) index.
Taylor also debunked the notion that less
sea ice means less
polar bears by pointing out that
southern regions of the bears» home with low levels of ice are seeing booming bear populations.
Tagged Beaufort
Sea, climate change, Derocher, Eastern Beaufort, extinction, feeding, future, global warming, IUCN
Polar Bear Specialist Group, models, Pilfold,
polar bear, population, predation, predictions, Red list, ringed seals,
Southern Beaufort, Stirling, thick spring ice, threatened
Relative to recent years and potential impacts on
polar bear health and survival in Canada, there is nothing alarming in the pattern or speed of
sea ice breakup for 2017, either over Hudson Bay, the
southern Beaufort, or the eastern high Arctic.
It is true that this is consistent with the idea that there has been continuous global warming, although it is complicated by the fact that the Antarctic
sea ice extent still seems to be about the same, i.e., the «global» warming only seems to have affected the northern
polar region, not the
southern polar region.
Schliebe, S., K. D. Rode, J. S. Gleason, J. Wilder, K. Proffitt, T. J. Evans, and S. Miller, 2008: Effects of
sea ice extent and food availability on spatial and temporal distribution of polar bears during the fall open - water period in the Southern Beaufort S
sea ice extent and food availability on spatial and temporal distribution of
polar bears during the fall open - water period in the
Southern Beaufort
SeaSea.
Sea level pressure in the polar and sub polar regions are measured in the Southern and Northern Annular Modes — the changes in sea level pressure creates the potential for the anomalous movement of atmospheric mass into lower latitud
Sea level pressure in the
polar and sub
polar regions are measured in the
Southern and Northern Annular Modes — the changes in
sea level pressure creates the potential for the anomalous movement of atmospheric mass into lower latitud
sea level pressure creates the potential for the anomalous movement of atmospheric mass into lower latitudes.
The question is, why were
Southern Beaufort
Sea polar bears off Prudhoe Bay (see map of the study area below), still hunting and capturing only adult and subadult ringed seals from sea ice leads when newborn ringed seal pups and their mothers should have been plentiful and relatively easily available in their birth lairs on the sea ice (see belo
Sea polar bears off Prudhoe Bay (see map of the study area below), still hunting and capturing only adult and subadult ringed seals from
sea ice leads when newborn ringed seal pups and their mothers should have been plentiful and relatively easily available in their birth lairs on the sea ice (see belo
sea ice leads when newborn ringed seal pups and their mothers should have been plentiful and relatively easily available in their birth lairs on the
sea ice (see belo
sea ice (see below)?
The dramatically low September
sea ice of 2012 had apparently no effect on Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears, or at least we have heard nothing to indicate any adverse effec
sea ice of 2012 had apparently no effect on
Southern Beaufort
Sea polar bears, or at least we have heard nothing to indicate any adverse effec
Sea polar bears, or at least we have heard nothing to indicate any adverse effects.
• The greatest change in
sea ice habitat since 1979 was experienced by Barents Sea polar bears and the least by those in Southern Hudson Bay, the most southerly region inhabited by bea
sea ice habitat since 1979 was experienced by Barents
Sea polar bears and the least by those in Southern Hudson Bay, the most southerly region inhabited by bea
Sea polar bears and the least by those in
Southern Hudson Bay, the most southerly region inhabited by bears.
Hi iceman, Sorry for the tardy reply, that pesky real life thing again...:) The reason there is so little excitement about the record high
sea ice extent in the antarctic (aside from it having no appealing potential victims, like
polar bears) versus the record low arctic
sea ice is probably because the
southern record is only a matter of 2 % anamoly, whereas in the north we are now looking at levels over 40 % below average.
Variation in winter diet of
southern Beaufort
Sea polar bears inferred from stable isotope analysis
They want publicity but they certainly don't want the public to realize how poor were their previous pessimistic predictions regarding how
polar bears would respond to low summer
sea ice; or notice how nearly all polar bear photos published in recent years show fat healthy animals; or observe that healthy triplet cubs (a rare phenomenon that supposedly no longer exists in Western Hudson Bay, where they used to be common) have been photographed in Western Hudson Bay (2017), Southern Beaufort Sea (2016) and the Chukchi S
sea ice; or notice how nearly all
polar bear photos published in recent years show fat healthy animals; or observe that healthy triplet cubs (a rare phenomenon that supposedly no longer exists in Western Hudson Bay, where they used to be common) have been photographed in Western Hudson Bay (2017),
Southern Beaufort
Sea (2016) and the Chukchi S
Sea (2016) and the Chukchi
SeaSea.