Polar bear numbers
Estimated number of polar bears in 1970: 8,000 - 10,000
Estimated number of polar bears today: 20,000 - 40,000
Estimated increase in Quebec, Labrador and southern Baffin Island polar bear populations in the last 20 years: 160%
Percentage of relevant scientific forecasting principles applied by Dept. of Interior research studies predicting polar bear decline due to global warming: 10 - 15%
Number of reputable peer-reviewed studies published since last October (by NASA and the journal Nature) showing that the melting of Arctic sea ice in recent years is not caused by global warming: 2
Degree of confidence that the models and predictions and projections about Arctic sea ice and polar bear populations will prove to be accurate: Zip, zero, zilch, nada
Number of lawsuits environmentalist will file to stop human activities that generate CO2, now that the Interior Dept. has listed polar bears as a threatened species anyway: Countless
Thanks, Bush administration.
