There are 600% more polar bears now than there were in 1950 and they are thriving.
Revenge of the Polar Bears
By: George Noga – March 19, 2023
Polar bears are the indelible symbol of the climate change religion. It did not happen by accident. The photographer (Cristina Mettermeir) who took the now-iconic photo of a scrawny polar bear on an ice floe was looking for a compelling symbol to illustrate the effects of global warming. She zeroed in on a gaunt polar bear scavenging for food on a desolate landscape. She succeeded far beyond what she could have imagined.
Her photo was printed in National Geographic with the caption: “This is what climate change looks like.” The magazine wrote that melting sea ice, caused by warming, was responsible for starving polar bears. It was viewed by 2.5 billion people (the most ever) on the magazine’s website and had its intended effect, i.e. horror and a public outcry demanding action. The photographer later admitted there was no evidence the bear was gaunt due to climate change. National Geographic also walked back the story.
Far from being threatened, polar bears are thriving and resurgent
This one iconic image of a gaunt polar bear did more to energize the climate alarmist movement than any scientific report before or since. Much of the mainstream media and large segments of the public continue to believe the myth of near-extinct, starving polar bears adrift on arctic ice floes. Climate alarmist scientists predicted 67% of polar bears would disappear due to warming. The numbers paint a far different picture.
Recent studies place the polar bear population at more than 30,000. This is up from 5,000 in 1950 and 8,000 in the 1960s and 1970s. The polar bear population is up 600% from the 1950s and up nearly 400% from the period 1960-1980. These data come from the Polar Bear Specialist Group within the International Union for the Conservation of Nature – a progressive international body. You can easily check this out online.
It is beyond debate that polar bears, far from being threatened, are thriving. However, there are lessons that go beyond resurgent polar bears. The climate alarmist religion is shown to be founded on junk science, scare tactics and lies. Science has become hyper politicized and is no longer credible. Corrupt fact checkers refuse to verify the polar bear population even though it is from an esteemed body of environmental scientists. Climate alarmists follow the science only when they believe it supports their cause.
Polar bear propaganda is just the tip of the iceberg – pun intended. Climate alarmists promoted the polar bear myth as proof positive of manmade warming. Now that polar bears have gotten their revenge, will climate alarmists accept they are wrong?
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