Possible Impacts of Climatic Warming on Polar Bears

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stirling, Ian, Derocher, Andrew E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal food; Animal population; Animal reproduction; Breakup; Climate change; Denning; Effects monitoring; Effects of climate on ice; Extirpation; Ice cover; Photosynthesis; Polar bears; Primary production (Biology); Quotas; Sea ice; Seals (Animals); Spatial distribution; Tourist trade; Wildlife habitat; Cumulative effects; Hudson Bay; Hudson Bay region; James Bay; Arctic; Baie d'Hudson; Baie James; Baie-d'Hudson; Hudson; Phoques; Voit; Arctique*; ours polaire; polar bear; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64403

If climatic warming occurs, the first impacts on polar bears (Ursus maritimus) will be felt at the southern limits of their distribution, such as in James and Hudson bays, where the whole population is already forced to fast for approximately four months when the sea ice melts during the summer. Pro...