Because polar bears are entirely dependent upon the sea ice for their survival, any observed and projected reductions in preferred sea ice habitats can only result in declines. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
In the reference case, the analysis, for example, projects a reduction in economy - wide final energy consumption of 22 % by 2050, while electricity use grows by 32 %. (powermag.com)
As temperatures in the Northwest continue to rise this century, scientists expect snowpack to keep declining.2 In the Cascades, scientists project a reduction of as much as 40 percent in the amount of snow on April 1 by the 2040s, under a business - as - usual emissions path.11, 12 (climatehotmap.org)