Alaska polar bear researchers claim poor sea ice limited spring field work in 2021 more than 2019

  https://polarbearscience.com/2021/10/07/alaska-polar-bear-researchers-claim-poor-sea-ice-limited-spring-field-work-in-2021-more-than-2019/   Alaska polar bear researchers claim poor sea ice limited spring field work in 2021 more than 2019 According to an Inside Climate News report, polar bear researchers at the US Geological Survey had trouble darting bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea in March-May of 2019 and 2021. They claim their research program was hampered […]

Lots of questions about that ‘starved’ 16-year-old polar bear: ‘If it was healthy in April, can we just assume ‘from its lying position’ that CO2 reduced it to skin and bones by July?’

Lots of questions about that “starved” 16-year-old polar bear http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2013/08/lots-of-questions-about-that-16-year.html If it was healthy in April, can we just assume “from its lying position” that CO2 reduced it to skin and bones by July?  What about the admission that “there may have been some underlying disease”–did anyone actually check?  What did its teeth look like?  […]