Stern, H. (2025). Regime shift in Arctic Ocean Sea-Ice Extent, Geophysical Research Letters, in revision.
Moon, T.A., B. Cohen, T.E. Black, K.L. Laidre, H.L. Stern, and I. Joughin (2024). Characterizing southeast Greenland fjord surface ice and freshwater flux to support biological applications, The Cryosphere, 18, 4845–4872, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4845-2024
Laidre, Kristin L., Marie J. Zahn, Malene Simon, Michael Ladegaard, Kathleen M. Stafford, Elizabeth Phillips, Twila Moon, Harry L. Stern, and Benjamin Cohen (2024). Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) associations with Greenland summer meltwater release. Ecosphere 15(10): e70024. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70024
Regehr, E.V., K.L. Laidre, T.C. Atwood, H.L. Stern, and B. Cohen (2024). Sea-ice Conditions Predict Polar Bear Land Use around Military Installations in Alaska, Human-Wildlife Interactions, 17(1):21-36, https://doi.org/10.26077/39a8-fb75
Dunham, K.D., M.G. Dyck, J.V. Ware, A.E. Derocher, E.V. Regehr, H.L. Stern, G.B. Stenson, D.N. Koons (2024). A demographic survey of the Davis Strait polar bear subpopulation using physical and genetic capture-recapture-recovery sampling. Marine Mammal Science, 40(3), e13107. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13107
Laidre, K.L., Todd W. Arnold, Eric V. Regehr, Stephen N. Atkinson, Erik W. Born, Øystein Wiig, Nicholas J. Lunn, Markus Dyck, Harry L. Stern, Seth Stapleton, Benjamin Cohen, David Paetkau. 2023. Demographic response of a high-Arctic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation to changes in sea ice and subsistence harvest, Endangered Species Research, Vol. 51: 73–87, https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01239
Laidre K. L., M. A. Supple, E. W. Born, E. V. Regehr, Ø. Wiig, F. Ugarte, J. Aars, R. Dietz, C. Sonne, P. Hegelund, C. Isaksen, G. B. Akse, B. Cohen, H. L. Stern, T. Moon, C. Vollmers, R. Corbett-Detig, D. Paetkau, and B. Shapiro. 2022. Glacial ice supports a distinct and undocumented polar bear subpopulation persisting in late 21st-century sea-ice conditions. Science 376 (6599): 1333-1338. DOI: 10.1126/science.abk2793
Forcucci, D., I. Rigor, W. Ermold, and H. Stern. 2022. Float Your Boat: Launching students into the Arctic Ocean. Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2022.102.
Atkinson, S.N., K.L. Laidre, T.W. Arnold, S. Stapleton, E.V. Regehr, E.W. Born, Ø. Wiig, M. Dyck, N.J. Lunn, H.L. Stern, and D. Paetkau, 2021. A novel mark-recapture-recovery survey using genetic sampling for polar bears Ursus maritimus in Baffin Bay, Endangered Species Research, 46, 105–120, https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01148
Laidre, K. L., S. N. Atkinson, E. V. Regehr, H. L. Stern, E. W. Born, Ø. Wiig, N. J. Lunn, M. Dyck, P. Heagerty, and B. R. Cohen. 2020. Transient benefits of climate change for a high‐Arctic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation. Global Change Biology 26:6251‐6265. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15286
Laidre, K.L., S. Atkinson, E.V. Regehr, H.L. Stern, E.W. Born, Ø. Wiig, N.J. Lunn, M. Dyck, 2020. Interrelated ecological impacts of climate change on an apex predator. Ecological Applications, 30(4), e02071, https://doi.org/10.1002/EAP.2071
Dierking, W., Stern, H. L., and Hutchings, J. K., 2020. Estimating statistical errors in retrievals of ice velocity and deformation parameters from satellite images and buoy arrays, The Cryosphere, 14, 2999–3016, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2999-2020.
Laidre K. L., H. Stern, E. W. Born, P. Heagerty, S, Atkinson, Ø. Wiig, N. J. Lunn, E. V. Regehr, R. McGovern, M. Dyck. 2018. Changes in winter and spring resource selection by polar bears Ursus maritimus in Baffin Bay over two decades of sea-ice loss. Endangered Species Research 36:1-14. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00886
Hauser, D.D.W., K.L. Laidre, H.L. Stern, R.S. Suydam, P.R. Richard. 2018. Indirect effects of sea ice loss on summer-fall habitat and behaviour for sympatric populations of an Arctic marine predator. Diversity and Distributions https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12722.
Stern H.L., A.J. Schweiger, M. Stark, J. Zhang, M. Steele, B. Hwang; Seasonal evolution of the sea-ice floe size distribution in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6(1):48, doi:10.1525/elementa.305, 2018.
Stern, H., A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, and M. Steele, On reconciling disparate studies of the sea-ice floe size distribution, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6:49, doi:10.1525/
elementa.304 , 2018.Pomerleau, C., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Ferguson, S.H. et al. (2017) Reconstructing variability in West Greenland ocean biogeochemistry and bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) food web structure using amino acid isotope ratios. Polar Biol 40: 2225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2136-x
Regehr, E., R. Wilson, K. Rode, M. Runge, and H. Stern. 2017. Harvesting wildlife affected by climate change: a modeling and management framework for polar bears. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12864
Hauser, D.D W., Laidre K. L., Stern H.L., Moore S.E., Suydam, R. S., and Richard, P.R.: Habitat selection by two beluga whale populations in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, PLoS ONE 12(2), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172755, 2017.
Hauser, D. D. W., Laidre, K. L., Stafford, K. M., Stern, H. L., Suydam, R. S. and Richard, P. R. (2016), Decadal shifts in autumn migration timing by Pacific Arctic beluga whales are related to delayed annual sea ice formation. Glob Change Biol. doi:10.1111/gcb.13564
Regehr, E.V., Laidre, K.L., Akçakaya, H.R., Amstrup, S.C., Atwood, T.C., Lunn, N.J., Obbard, M., Stern, H., Thiemann, G.W., Wiig, Ø. (2016), Conservation status of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to projected sea-ice declines. Biol. Lett. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0556.
Heide‐Jørgensen, M. P., Hansen, R. G., Fossette, S. , Nielsen, N. H., Borchers, D. L., Stern, H. and Witting, L. (2016), Rebuilding beluga stocks in West Greenland. Anim Conserv, 20: 282-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12315
Stern, Harry L., Polar maps: Captain Cook and the earliest historical charts of the ice edge in the Chukchi Sea. Polar Geography, 39 (4), 220-227, doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2016.1236845, 2016.
Stern, H. L. and Laidre, K. L., Sea-ice indicators of polar bear habitat, The Cryosphere, 10, 2027-2041, doi:10.5194/tc-10-2027-2016, 2016.
Zhang, J., H. Stern, B. Hwang, A. Schweiger, M. Steele, and M. Stark, Modeling the seasonal evolution of the Arctic sea ice floe size distribution, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 4, doi:10.12952/journal.elementa.000126, 2016.
Zhang, J., A. Schweiger, M. Steele, and H. Stern, Sea ice floe size distribution in the marginal ice zone: Theory and numerical experiments, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JC010770, 2015.
Laidre, K. L., Stern, H., Kovacs, K. M., Lowry, L., Moore, S. E., Regehr, E. V., Ferguson, S. H., Wiig, Ø., Boveng, P., Angliss, R. P., Born, E. W., Litovka, D., Quakenbush, L., Lydersen, C., Vongraven, D. and Ugarte, F. (2015), Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and conservation recommendations for the 21st century. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12474
Laidre, K.L., E.W. Born, P. Heagerty, Ø. Wiig, H. Stern, R. Dietz, J. Aars, and M. Andersen, 2015, Shifts in female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) habitat use in East Greenland, Polar Biology, DOI 10.1007/s00300-015-1648-5.
Yu, Y., H. Stern, C. Fowler, F. Fetterer, J. Maslanik, 2014, Interannual Variability of Arctic Landfast Ice between 1976 and 2007, J. Climate, 27, pp. 227-243, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00178.1.
Geilhufe, M., D.B. Percival, and H.L. Stern, 2013, Two-dimensional wavelet variance estimation with application to sea ice SAR images, Computers & Geosciences, 54, 351-360.
Dietz, R., E.W. Born, R. Stewart, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, H. Stern, F. Rigét, L. Toudal, C. Lanthier, M. Villum Jensen, and J. Tielmann, 2013, Movements of walruses (Odobenus Rosmarus) between Central West Greenland and Southeast Baffin Island, 2005-2008, North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) Scientific Publication Series, Volume 9.
Laidre, K., E.W. Born, E. Gurarie, Ø. Wiig, R. Dietz, and H. Stern, 2012, Females roam while males patrol: Divergence in breeding season movements of pack-ice polar bears (Ursus maritimus), Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280:20122371. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2371
Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., M.L. Burt, R.G. Hansen, N.H. Nielsen, M. Rasmussen, S. Fossette, and H. Stern, 2012, The Significance of the North Water Polynya to Arctic Top Predators, AMBIO, doi: 10.1007/s13280-012-0357-3.
Laidre, K., Heide-Jorgensen, H. Stern, and P. Richard, 2012, Unusual narwahl sea ice entrapments and delayed autumn freeze-up trends, Polar Biology, 35, 149-154, doi: 10.007/s00300-001-1036-8
Schweiger, A., R. Lindsay, J. Zhang, M. Steele, H. Stern, R. Kwok, Uncertainty in modeled arctic sea ice volume, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C00D06, doi:10.1029/2011JC007084, 2011.
Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., M. Iversen, N.H. Nielsen, C. Lockyer, H. Stern, and M.H. Ribergaard, 2011, Harbour porpoises respond to climate change, Ecology and Evolution, vol. 1, no. 4, 579-585, doi:10.1002/ece3.51.
Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K.L. Laidre, D. Borchers, T.A. Marques, H. Stern, and M. Simon, 2010, The effect of sea-ice loss on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in West Greenland’, Polar Research, doi:10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00142.x, 2010.
Stern, H. L. and R. W. Lindsay, 2009: Spatial Scaling of Arctic Sea Ice Deformation. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C10017, doi:10.1029/2009JC005380.
Lindsay, R. W., J. Zhang, A. Schweiger, M. Steele, and H. Stern, Arctic sea ice retreat in 2007 follows thinning trend, J. Climate, 22, 165-176, doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2521.1, 2009.
Joughin, I., I. Howat, M. Fahnestock, B. Smith, W. Krabill, R. Alley, H. Stern, and M. Truffer, 2008, Continued Evolution of Jakobshavn Isbrae Following its Rapid Speedup, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F04006, doi:10.1029/2008JF001023.
Rampal, P., Weiss, D. Marsan, R. Lindsay, and H. Stern, 2008, Scaling properties of sea ice deformation from buoy dispersion analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C03002, doi: 10.1029/2007JC004143.
Weiss, J., E.M. Schulson, and H. Stern,’ Sea ice rheology from in-situ, satellite and laboratory observations: Fracture and friction’, Earth and Planetary Science Letters,255, 1-8, 2007.
Stern, H., R. Lindsay, C. Bitz, and P. Hezel, 2008, What is the Trajectory of Arctic Sea Ice?, in Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Observations, Projections, Mechanisms, and Implications, Geophysical Monograph Series 180, American Geophysical Union, doi:10.1029/180GM03.
Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K. Laidre, D. Borchers, F. Samarra, and H. Stern,’ Increasing abundance of bowhead whales in West Greenland’, Biol. Lett., 3, 577-580, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0310, 2007.
Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., H. Stern, and K. Laidre,’ Dynamics of the ice edge in Davis Strait’, Journal of Marine Systems, 67, 170-178, 2007
Marsan, D., H. Stern, R. Lindsay, and J. Weiss, “Scale dependence and localization of the deformation of arctic sea ice“, Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 17, 2004.
Lindsay, R.W., and H.L. Stern, “A new Lagrangian model of Arctic sea ice“, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 272-283, 2004.
Stern, H.L. and M.P. Heide-Joergensen,’ Trends and variability of sea ice in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait’, Polar Res., 22, 11-18, 2003.
Lindsay, R.W., and H.L. Stern,’ The RADARSAT geophysical processor system: Quality of sea ice trajectory and deformation estimates‘, J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 20, 1333-1347, 2003.