The review could result in polar bears being “uplisted” to endangered, with further protections, or de-listed altogether.
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Alaska could see another La Niña winter, but early season snow and temps don’t mean much
Alaskans shouldn’t read too much into the early season cold temperatures and snowfall.
Biden administration to review protections for polar bears
The federal agency listed polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2008.
Kotzebue greets rare polar bear visitor with excitement, caution
Polar bear sightings in Kotzebue aren’t without precedent. The world’s largest documented polar bear was found in Kotzebue in the 60s, weighing more than 2,200 pounds and standing more than 11 feet high.
Warming Pacific waters likely adding to Arctic sea ice loss, study finds
While most of the cause has been attributed to a warming Arctic climate, a new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks has found evidence that warming waters outside of the Arctic are impacting sea ice as well.
Bering Sea ice ‘resilient’ against winter storms this year, though extent is below average
Blizzards and winter storms battered the Seward Peninsula and surrounding region throughout the month of March, but the sea ice has proved more resilient than in recent years.
Once again, Arctic Report Card shows the abnormal is now normal
This year was the second warmest on record in the Arctic, with impacts to sea ice, erosion and marine ecosystems.
Fall storms set back Bering and Chukchi sea ice formation in already delayed season
One climatologist forecasts sea ice will form late, the extent will be below average, and it will be similar to last year’s.
Western Alaska just had it’s toastiest May on record
Thoman says that temperatures have been considerably warmer on average since about 2012.
Despite holiday cold snap, 2019 is ‘virtually certain’ to be warmest year on record for Alaska
Despite the drop in temperatures this last-minute cold snap likely won’t change Alaska’s record-breaking climate forecast for the year.