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By Kenneth Richard on 1. January 2024
Arctic regions with 6+ months of sea ice coverage today were ice-free nearly year-round 9,000 to 5,000 years ago (2°C warmer) and 130,000 to 115,000 years ago (7-8°C warmer). And yet polar bears survived these periods. Per a new study, today’s Scandinavian Arctic climate is so cold it is actually “comparable” to that of the […]
Posted in Arctic, Paleo-climatology, Sea Ice |
By Kenneth Richard on 1. December 2022
Polar bear populations are stable to increasing with improved body condition in the 21st century. The alarmist narrative that says polar bears are threatened by sea ice losses is strongly at odds with real-world observations. A new study assesses the body condition of polar bears in the Gulf of Boothia – an immense 67,000 km² […]
Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, Sea Ice |
By Kenneth Richard on 5. September 2022
Abundant polar bear remains dating to 8000 to 9000 years ago have been found on Zhokhov Island, which is today surrounded by year-round sea ice (even in summer). This Arctic latitude (76°N) is too cold and thus too ice-covered for polar bears to inhabit today. During the Early Holocene CO2 concentrations ranged between 255 to […]
Posted in Arctic, Paleo-climatology, Sea Ice |
By Kenneth Richard on 22. February 2021
Research on polar bear sightings using a systematic “regional marine mammal sightings programme” during 2005-2018 reveals there were 1,433 polar bears sightings from 2005-2011 compared to 2,569 during 2012-2018 around Svalbard. The perspective that polar bears are endangered by global warming because reduced sea ice limits their seal-hunting opportunities is again contradicted by real-world observations. […]
Posted in Arctic, Sea Ice |
By Kenneth Richard on 27. February 2020
The perspective that polar bears are endangered by global warming because reduced sea ice limits their seal-hunting opportunities is contradicted by observations of (a) polar bears thriving (body condition) during melt season, and (b) no trends in reduced seal consumption by polar bears in the 21st century. From the 1880s to 1940s, the Arctic’s Beaufort […]
Posted in Arctic, Sea Ice |
By P Gosselin on 21. February 2020
Experts: polar bears and winter snow on the increase The online Japanese Independent Web Journal (IWJ) reports on a leading figure in polar bear research, Dr. Susan Crockford, who says “polar bears will not become extinct due to climate change” and that “in fact, polar bears have increased rather than become extinct!” Crockford’s findings contradict […]
Posted in Arctic, Cooling/Temperature, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 14. June 2019
At Twitter NoTricksZone’s contributor Kenneth Richard posted this paper appearing in the Journal Science in 2011. The papers find that “summer temperatures during the HTM in North Greenland were 2° to 4°C warmer in this part of the Arctic. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations back then of course were much lower than the historically very modest 410 […]
Posted in Arctic |
By P Gosselin on 21. March 2019
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Posted in Activism, Arctic, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 11. November 2018
Despite the warm year seen in Central Europe so far this year, and all the claims that it’s due to climate warming, the globe in fact has shown it’s been cooling off, or at least not warming at all. Hat-tip: Schneefan UAH satellite measurements of temperature at 1500 m altitude in October 2018 came in […]
Posted in Arctic |
By Kenneth Richard on 25. October 2018
Ten years ago, polar bears were classified as an endangered species due to model-based assumptions that said the recession of Arctic sea ice would hamper the bears’ seal-hunting capabilities and ultimately lead to starvation and extinction. The Inuit, who have observed these bears catch seals in open water for generations (and likely know more about […]
Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, Green Follies, Sea Ice |
By P Gosselin on 14. April 2018
New York Times journalist Erica Goode misses a mountain of polar bear research, instead lets herself get swept up by alarmist polar bear activism. The New York Times recently published an article penned by Erica Goode on the controversial Harvey et al paper, where 14 scientists (sophomorically) attacked polar bear researcher Susan Crockford and climate […]
Posted in Media / Bias |
By Kenneth Richard on 2. April 2018
1-2°C Warmer Medieval Times Supported Wine Vineyards In Russia, Norway, N England (55°N) Image Source: Wikipedia – public domain image Canada’s stable-to-increasing polar bear population extends its range slightly further south of the 55th parallel (York et al., 2016). Image Source: York et al., 2016 According to published geological evidence from the 1950s, remnants […]
Posted in Medieval Warm Period, Paleo-climatology |
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