A joint US/Russian aerial survey has estimated that a minimum of 3,435 polar bears (but possibly as many as 5,444) likely inhabited the Chukchi Sea in 2016, quite a bit more than a previous study that estimated a population size of 2,937 the same year (which used data from one small US area extrapolated to the entire region).
The study, done by fixed-wing aircraft in April and May 2016 (Conn et al. 2021), estimated 3095 bears in the Russian portion of the Chukchi Sea compared to 340 in the US portion. That’s almost 10 times as many Russian bears as US bears in the Chukchi Sea, a statistic we’ve never had before now. The number estimated for the US portion in this study was almost 3 times as many as was estimated for the previous Regehr and colleagues study (340 vs. 126)(Regehr et al. 2018). Based on this latest data, the density of bears was said to be about half (~0.001 bears/km2) the density calculated from 1987 aerial survey data (0.002 bears/km2) but whether these figures are truly comparable remains to be determined.
I can see the headline now: “Polar Bears Deny Science Which Has Already Been Settled”.
Only one beautiful picture of a forlorn-looking Polar Bear clinging to a mostly-melted iceberg is needed. The rest of all those reports … numbers … counts? Meh. The animal-loving public doesn’t care THAT much … just stop hurting those cute Polar Bears with your driving. Weepy faces on Twitter. Boo hoo.
That’s the tactic used to kill the annual Newfoundland seal hunt. We have Bridget Bardot to thank for that.
My favorite song with Bridget Bardot in the lyrics (about 0.50) …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnKwChQAi2M
And my second favorite .. (about 1:38)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4VgnlkG0fQ
Have I ever said how much I LOVE the RHCP … and esp. heroin victim John Frusciante ? In my humble opinion … the greatest band ever made in America. Yeah … I know them is fighting words.
PS … there are about 500 songs with Bridget Bardot in the lyrics … go figure
Biden will soon announce that they have developed plans to close the polar bear gap, and are sending pallets of malt liquor and Barry White CDs to the american portion of the habitat. And that the American people need more … kinda … whazzawhosafefferding… (wanders away)
Let’s wait to see what the correct numbers are once the ‘adjustments’ are made
“The study, done by fixed-wing aircraft in April and May 2016 (Conn et al. 2021), estimated 3095 bears in the Russian portion of the Chukchi Sea”
Whoa! Whoa! WHOA! Time for some Green Spin.
Make that 3095 thin bears … I mean emaciated … skeletal and starving, actually.
The polar bears are stealing Greta’s childhood.
(waiting)…
How dare they!
i though that Woke-a-Cola cancelled the Polar Bears earlier this year, in their whiteness purge….
better not tell them, else they might send people to make them extinct
Just proves that bears prefer communism over Biden & Justies bullshit.
Here in Australia, we have a “spiritual” (so to speak), link to Ursus Marinus:
https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.omvwq0v1jhID_EWJwimYSAHaHa&w=143&h=137&c=8&rs=1&qlt=90&o=6&pid=3.1&rm=2
Why not a Koala? Possibly a little “sedate” for the target clientele.
And the Blue ringed octopus had not been “catalogued” when the brand started.
They’re EFF’n WHITE!
Black Bears MATTER!!