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- As temperatures continue to drop, bands of shorefast ice mixed with young nilas ice have formed along the coast of Hudson Bay—allowing polar bears who have been largely fasting onshore since July and August to return to hunting seals.
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Feb 13, 2024 · Surprisingly active. Polar bears live in 19 regions across the Arctic, from Canada to Greenland to Russia. While some populations live on permanent ice, others inhabit seasonal ice. Climate...
- Stefan Lovgren
- 11 min
Dec 15, 2022 · The latest Polar Bear Specialist Group status report (pdf) outlines the patterns of ice coverage for each one: Seasonal: The “rich environment” allows bears to gain weight in spring. But in summer, the ice melts completely – so polar bears are forced ashore and largely live off their fat reserves until ice reforms.
Jun 13, 2024 · The ice-free period in Hudson Bay, Canada is likely to come close to the survival limit of adult polar bears under 2 °C of global warming and exceed it for higher temperatures, according to...
- Julienne Stroeve
No new records yet in 2022. Although the long-term trends are clear in the Arctic —such as declining Arctic sea ice, warming ocean and atmospheric temperatures, melting glaciers, thawing permafrost, shifts in plant phenology and Arctic greening—there is also large year-to-year variability.
Nov 1, 2022 · The research highlights the potential for a seasonal shift in where polar bears will be, with bears spending more time along coastal areas where they may be closer to people.
Jun 25, 2024 · Arctic sea ice at the summer solstice: more polar bear habitat than 2022 after hottest year on record. We are just into the 2024 sea ice melt season in the Arctic with no signs of any big, dramatic changes despite claims that 2023 was the warmest year on record (since 1850).
Jul 20, 2020 · Polar bear numbers are expected to decline as the sea ice they rely on to catch their prey declines with global warming. Projections show when fasts caused by declining sea ice are likely to...
