Matt Ridley on Global Warming and Sea Ice
'In the Holocene Optimum there was no collapse of the polar-bear population or 'point of no return.' The extent of Arctic summer sea ice then increased steadily, reaching a maximum during the very recent so-called Little Ice Age of 1500-1850. Potential confirmation that this was an unusually icy epoch comes from a newly published study by Durham University (in Britain) of the genetics of Arctic foxes on Iceland'
