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Polar bear count confounds doomsayers

By T.K. Randall
April 9, 2012 · Comment icon 29 comments

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A new survey suggests that polar bear populations, far from shrinking, are actually getting larger.
"The bear population is not in crisis as people believed," said wildlife management director Drikus Gissing. "There is no doom and gloom." An accurate polar bear count is essential as on top of helping to predict the consequences of climate change it is used as a basis on which to determine hunting quotas for local inuit populations.
The debate about climate change and its impact on polar bears has intensified with the release of a survey that shows the bear population in a key part of northern Canada is far larger than many scientists thought, and might be growing.


Source: The Globe and Mail | Comments (29)




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Comment icon #20 Posted by Wickian 13 years ago
Ever since hunting was put into check, polar bear populations have increased.
Comment icon #21 Posted by angi chiesa 13 years ago
Good luck you polar bears..What are the bare essentials of life? Well I hope we leave you a few fish in the sea and in the rivers. Of course polar bears can live on land and raid rubbish heaps ,and if they are 'smarter than the average bear ,you gotta pick a picnic basket or two.
Comment icon #22 Posted by RightInTheStatisticals 13 years ago
Polar bears all look the same. They're probably just counting the same bears over and over again. This bears repeating.
Comment icon #23 Posted by Wickian 13 years ago
This bears repeating. The last thing we need are some unbearable puns.
Comment icon #24 Posted by Harte 13 years ago
Yes, fantastic. Let's just ignore 60 plus years of recorded carbon increase in the atmosphere. Let me ask, and seriously, can anyone here (talking to you folk who don't believe in man-made climate change) even know what ppm stands for? Science suffers not for your willful ignorance. The world marches on... - Brand I thought the topic was polar bear populations. AFAIK, neither an increase nor a decrease in said population is any indicator of anything at all about GW. Harte
Comment icon #25 Posted by Sundew 13 years ago
Cute??? Terifiying is the word i would use. Scariest animal on the face of the earth, hands down. Sorry that title goes to Marxist politicians. They tend to have a more direct effect on people's lives then a few icebound carnivores.
Comment icon #26 Posted by Vigilanis 13 years ago
This is just another article proving the new religion of Environmentalism is riddled with hysteria, inaccuracy and coincidence, and a whole lot of facts twisted to fit THEIR truth... How many of the true scientific facts about climate change will it take for eco-mentalist (sic) people to stop and say, hang on a minute...
Comment icon #27 Posted by Zaphod222 13 years ago
And since when do we confront religious beliefs with facts? They are unrelated. The Church Of Global Warming teaches that the polar bears are disappearing, so the faithful believe it.
Comment icon #28 Posted by Erudite Celt 13 years ago
I wonder if the Bears have a sense of survival mode. If they are aware that they are under threat do they breed more to increase survival chances? Humans also have this characteristic sense. Did you know that more children are conceived and born during times of extreme threat to life such as war and famine! Here's a typical scenario often portrayed in comical drama. Your in a bar or public area and a newsflash appears on a television "AN MASSIVE ASTEROID IS HEADED FOR EARTH, ONE HOUR TO IMPACT!!!" Our instinct or reaction to such an event would be to procreate with the first willing partner! T... [More]
Comment icon #29 Posted by cerberusxp 13 years ago
How to make a GW Marxist go bananas! Save the Polar bears feed them more baby seals.


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