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The protest comes amid news that the Arctic Sea’s ice coverage increased 60 percent — now covering one million more square miles of ice than at the same time last year. Media reports also show that there are more polar bears today than there were 40 years ago.
“There are far more polar bears alive today than there were 40 years ago,” author Zac Unger told NPR in an interview about his new book, “Never Look a Polar Bear in The Eye.” “There are about 25,000 polar bears alive today worldwide. In 1973, there was a global hunting ban. So once hunting was dramatically reduced, the population exploded.”
Additionally, a report from earlier this year found that polar bear populations in the area between Greenland and Canada may have reached the limits of what their natural environment can handle.
Despite a seemingly flourishing polar bear population and rising Arctic ice coverage, environmentalists are still campaigning to ban oil and gas drilling in the region.
We all know that temperatures drop as we approach winter. However, there are times when for a day or two temperatures pop up due to variance around the mean. Those pop ups aren't a sign of warmer weather. They are adorations and that's what reports of more arctic ice are.
We all know that temperatures drop as we approach winter. However, there are times when for a day or two temperatures pop up due to variance around the mean. Those pop ups aren't a sign of warmer weather. They are adorations and that's what reports of more arctic ice are.
We all know that temperatures drop as we approach winter. However, there are times when for a day or two temperatures pop up due to variance around the mean. Those pop ups aren't a sign of warmer weather. They are adorations and that's what reports of more arctic ice are.
Wrong. Minor deviations in weather over short periods do not affect the overall amount of sea ice. The reason this 60% sea ice figure is misleading is because they are comparing it to last year which was very low. It's much greater than last year but much less than the average.
Wrong. Minor deviations in weather over short periods do not affect the overall amount of sea ice. The reason this 60% sea ice figure is misleading is because they are comparing it to last year which was very low. It's much greater than last year but much less than the average.
That's not what I was saying. As the article I linked said, the increased ice in the Arctic is merely regression around the mean. The overall trend is less ice.
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