Tag: sea ice

In a remote corner of southeastern Greenland, researchers discovered an isolated, genetically distinct polar bear population that survives in a landscape without sea ice for most of the year—the sort...

Arctic sea ice fell to its 10th lowest on record last winter, according to NASA’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. The sea ice peaked at 5.75 million square miles...

As climate change causes sea ice to recede in the Arctic, polar bears must decide whether to travel farther for their ringed seal prey or swim to land in search...

Conversations that researchers have had with indigenous hunters in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, have revealed information about where seal species are showing up and how climate change may impact them. By including...

Traditional models predict Arctic sea ice levels well over a few weeks, but long-range forecasting is a challenge. But researchers say a new tool using artificial intelligence may be far...

A changing climate resulting in reduced sea ice coverage is causing Indigenous seal hunters who rely on the marine mammals for subsistence to change their methods. As the ice continues...

With declines in sea ice that polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the arctic require to subsist, researchers have seen accounts of bears traveling farther north. But what do these longer...

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Canadian arctic are taking advantage of a unique food source — common eider (Somateria mollissima) eggs — according to new research. In a study...

With a warming climate and less sea ice during the summer, researchers are looking at polar bears’ behaviors during this warmer time of year as well as how they spend...

Polar bear populations whose main diet sources are disappearing with melting icebergs may not be able to subsist long on terrestrial food sources. “Although some polar bears (Ursus maritimus) may...