Scientists say Alaska will lose entire polar bear population in 40 years

Capital (Annapolis);  September 8, 2007 ;     557 words ......and breed. A polar bear's life usually...changes in future sea ice conditions, if...studies. "As the sea ice goes, so goes the polar bear." Mr. Amstrup...health of three polar bear groups and their...dependency on Arctic sea ice were ...

EDITORIAL: Polar bear becomes lobbyist in fight against global warming ...

Morning Call (Allentown, PA);  December 31, 2006 ;     501 words ......proposing to list the polar bear as threatened with...thinning of Arctic sea ice as a result of...the plight of the polar bear for several years...next year that the polar bear might officially...time the bay's sea ice started breaking...Some fear that ...

FUTURE RETREAT OF ARCTIC SEA ICE WILL LOWER POLAR BEAR POPULATIONS, LIMIT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 7, 2007 ;     621 words ......Future reduction of sea ice in the Arctic could...3 of the world's polar bear population within...series of studies on polar bear populations, range-wi...habitats and changing sea ice conditions in the...future in relation to sea ice and integrated ...

Polar Bear Gets Federal Protection

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 14, 2008 ;     517 words ......proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened...concluded shrinking sea ice caused by global...million acres of the Polar Bear Seas, comprised...polar bears. Arctic sea ice has been in decline...that habitat. All sea ice models predict at...For more on ...

Scientists project huge drop in polar bear population

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......and breed. A polar bear's life usually...changes in future sea ice conditions, if...studies. "As the sea ice goes, so goes the polar bear." Amstrup said...health of three polar bear groups and their...dependency on Arctic sea ice were ...

SECRETARY OF INTERIOR DIRK KEMPTHORNE DELIVERS REMARKS ON THE POLAR BEAR...

Political Transcript Wire;  May 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......is vital to polar bear survival. Second, the polar bear's sea-ice habitat has...and that sea ice does not further...makes the polar bear a threatened...the loss of sea ice, not oil and...reason the polar bear is threatened...

SECRETARY OF INTERIOR DIRK KEMPTHORNE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR DIRK...

Washington Transcript Service;  May 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......is vital to polar bear survival. Second, the polar bear's sea-ice habitat has...and that sea ice does not further...makes the polar bear a threatened...the loss of sea ice, not oil and...reason the polar bear is threatened...

CHAIRMAN BOXER'S OPENING STATEMENT AT FULL COMMITTEE HEARING ENTITLED,...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 30, 2008 ;     529 words ......in the world: the polar bear. There are an estimated...warming and melting sea ice, which they depend...majestic species as the polar bear could be lost due...they live. For the polar bear, that includes sea ice. And it is literally...biological hearts of ...

Alaska to challenge polar bear listing

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 22, 2008 ;     664 words ......global warming's threat to sea ice, the polar bear's habitat. "Even the Bush...bear survival. Second, the polar bear's sea-ice habitat has dramatically...recent effects of the loss of sea ice on Alaska polar bear populations. A 2006 ...

CONSERVATION GROUPS ADVANCE PROTECTIONS FOR POLAR BEAR FROM GLOBAL WARMING

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......disappearance of the polar bear's sea-ice habitat. "This is a victory for the polar bear, and all wildlife...impacts on the polar bear," said Andrew Wetzler...dependent on the sea ice for all of their...2004, when the sea ice retreated a ...

'ON THIN ICE: THE FUTURE OF THE POLAR BEAR':EDWARD J. MARKEY

Congressional Testimony;  January 17, 2008 ;     674 words ......presence of Arctic sea ice is essential for...particularly for the polar bear. Polar bears use...disappearance of sea ice as a result of...prospects for the polar bear`s survival are...the impacts of sea ice loss on polar bear ...

SEN. BARBARA BOXER HOLDS A HEARING ON THREATS TO AND PROTECTIONS FOR THE...

Political Transcript Wire;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......PROTECTIONS FOR THE POLAR BEAR JANUARY 30, 2008 SPEAKERS...ALASKAN ARCTIC RESIDENT, SEA ICE GEOLOGIST SCOTT ARMSTRONG...creatures in the world, the polar bear. I'm just going to show...warming and melting sea ice which they depend on...have a picture of the polar ...

'ON THIN ICE: THE FUTURE OF THE POLAR BEAR':DALE HALL

Congressional Testimony;  January 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......review of the polar bear found that populations...by receding sea ice habitat. Polar...projected changes in sea ice translate into changes in polar bear habitat availability...climate and sea ice trends and projected effects to polar ...

As arctic ice melts, polar bears may starve: polar bear habitats are...

The Futurist;  July 1, 2003 ;     407 words ......hunting ground, sea ice is vital to polar bear survival--and...massive changes in sea-ice distribution...potential for polar bear extinction is...ice is melting. Sea ice reflects solar...could even impact polar bear breeding. Though...

COLD REALITY: ON THREATENED LIST POLAR BEAR PLIGHT BLAMED ON GLOBAL...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......government will list the polar bear as threatened under...No. 1 threat to polar bear survival is the...disappearance of sea ice - triggered in...and harm to the polar bear, he said. Environmental...melting of the Arctic sea ice, but the impact...studying ...