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...a study by the U.S. Geological Survey. The study reviewed data from female polar bears in the Chukchi and southern Beaufort seas that wore GPS collars and took swims of at least 50 kilometers - about 31 miles - between 2004 and 2009. Eleven...
...be gone by mid-century, and possibly as soon as 2030, for America's two populations of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea and the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's north and northwest coasts. Polar bears use sea ice to den, travel, and most...
...bears in Russia and one of two in Alaska, not including Alaska's better known and studied bear population, the Southern Beaufort Sea population, which roams off its north coast and into Canada. Both Russia and the United States already have strict...
...are less skeptical of the experts. The Inuvialuit sense something's gone wrong with their subpopulation, the Southern Beaufort Sea bear. "They've been less abundant the past 10 years," said Tuktoyaktuk hunter Elvis Raddi, 49. "In those...
...three are currently listed as stable, none in Alaska. Alaska's polar bear populations in the Chukchi Sea and Southern Beaufort Sea are both now listed as declining, primarily due to loss of sea ice caused by carbon emissions. In fact, despite...
...ANCHORAGE - Polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea may be turning to cannibalism...research on polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea region of northern Alaska...polar bears was greater in the southern Beaufort Sea than north near Banks Island...
...extent are predicted for these northern regions, continued monitoring and conservative management of the SBS (Southern Beaufort Sea) polar bear population is warranted," the report concluded. Siegel said the effects of shrinking sea ice are...
...issued nine separate reports on polar bears Friday. Those included projections for one group of polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea and two in Canada that are among 19 distinct subpopulations. They were made public to help guide Interior Secretary...
...with sea ice decline, including animals in the two best studied subgroups, western Hudson Bay and Alaska's southern Beaufort Sea. A 2006 USGS report estimated the Beaufort Sea polar bear population at 1,526, down from a previous estimate...
...misinformation and a political rather than scientific assessment. Gov. Sarah Palin has stated that Alaska's southern Beaufort Sea polar bear population has been stable for 20 years. Fish and Wildlife Service and Geological Survey studies indicate...