UN Says Melting Arctic Ice Is Key Indicator of Climate Change—But It’s Not Melting

Climate policy based on an assumed relationship between CO2 and Arctic ice levels is problematic, say scientists.

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It’s bad news for polar bears, according to the most recent assessment report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Because of increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions, modeling and simulations predict the Arctic will be without ice during the month of September by 2050.