Climate warming is causing unidirectional changes to annual patterns of sea ice distribution,
structure, and freeze‐up. We summarize evidence that documents how loss of sea ice, the …

Climate change is taking place more rapidly and severely in the Arctic than anywhere on the
globe, exposing Arctic vertebrates to a host of impacts. Changes in the cryosphere dominate …

This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) again forms the standard scientific reference for all those concerned with the …

This paper presents a selected set of existing and new metrics for gauging Bayesian
network model performance and uncertainty. Selected existing and new metrics are …

Arctic sea ice has changed dramatically, especially during the last decade and continued
declines in extent and thickness are expected for the decades to come. Some ice-associated …

Nineteen subpopulations of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are found throughout the
circumpolar Arctic, and in all regions they depend on sea ice as a platform for traveling …

In the southern Beaufort Sea of the United States and Canada, prior investigations have
linked declines in summer sea ice to reduced physical condition, growth, and survival of …

The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) depends on sea ice for feeding, breeding, and movement.
Significant reductions in Arctic sea ice are forecast to continue because of climate warming …

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) have experienced substantial changes in the seasonal
availability of sea ice habitat in parts of their range, including the Beaufort, Chukchi, and …

Abstract Changes in the abundance and distribution of wildlife populations are common
consequences of historic and contemporary climate change. Some Arctic marine mammals …