{"id":213219,"date":"2022-08-12T13:46:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=213219"},"modified":"2022-08-12T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:46:08","slug":"churchill-problem-polar-bear-reports-for-early-2022-have-no-mention-of-fat-bears-or-excess-sea-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=213219","title":{"rendered":"Churchill problem polar bear reports for early 2022 have no mention of fat bears or excess sea ice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first few reports on\u00a0problem polar bear activity in Churchill<\/a>\u00a0are in, posted early this week (two together), starting the last week of July (25-31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shore of Wapusk National Park just south of Churchill, 5 August 2022, the back end of a fat bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funny how these reports in recent years<\/a> (these included) don\u2019t mention the condition of bears the way they used to as recently as 2017<\/a> (or the state of the sea ice). I guess it\u2019s so they can\u2019t be used as evidence against the prevailing mantra that western Hudson Bay polar bears that spend the summer onshore are starving<\/a> because of the lack of ice due to human-caused global warming!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea ice chart for Week 1 (25-31 July 2022):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Problem bear report for Week 1 (25-31 July 2022):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sea ice chart for Week 2 (1-7 August 2022):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Problem bear report for Week 2 (1-7 August 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compare below to last year:\u00a0in 2021<\/a>, the first week of August was week 6 (2-8 August) for Churchill problem bear reports, with a total of 47 incidents to that point and one bear already in \u2018jail\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sea ice anomaly chart for Week 2 (1-7 August 2022<\/strong>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Showing much more ice than usual (light and dark blue) for this time of year. So why did some bears come ashore (and wander into town to cause problems) when many others\u00a0remained on the ice offshore<\/a>? Apparently, the answer is that\u00a0the amount of ice doesn\u2019t matter<\/a>: some bears come ashore when they feel like it,\u00a0at a location they prefer<\/a>\u00a0to spend the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See reports from the last few years\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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via polarbearscience<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 11, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nChurchill problem polar bear reports for early 2022 have no mention of fat bears or excess sea ice<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The first few reports on\u00a0problem polar bear activity in Churchill\u00a0are in, posted early this week (two together), starting the last week of July (25-31). Shore of Wapusk National Park just south of Churchill, 5 August 2022, the back end of a fat bear. Funny how these reports in recent years (these included) don\u2019t mention the condition of 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