UK Paper: The poster boys of climate change thrive in the icy Arctic: Polar bears defy concerns about their extinction
Polar bear populations have stablised and may even be increasing
This is despite dire predictions of 70 per cent decline in numbers by 2050
One resident of Alaskan village says 'this has been a great year for bears
The poster boys of climate change thrive in the icy Arctic: Polar bears defy concerns about their extinction | Mail Online
Dr Susan Crockford, an evolutionary biologist and expert on polar bears, was criticised as a ‘climate change denier’ when she published a paper called Ten Good Reasons Not To Worry About Polar Bears earlier this year.
Population forecasting expert Dr J Scott Armstrong agrees: ‘The decision by the US Senate in 2008 to name the polar bear as an endangered species because of global warming was based on flawed information.