Sentences with phrase «declines in sea ice driving»

Climate sceptics point to increased sightings by indigenous Canadian communities, though that could be due to declines in sea ice driving the animals ashore.

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But Mr. Kempthorne stressed that the decision was made under some duress, that oil and gas operations were not harmful to the bears and that the Endangered Species Act listing would not affect policy on greenhouse gases (even though the model shows that a continuing decline in the bears» sea - ice habitat were all driven by rising greenhouse gases).

There is ample evidence that the recent decline in Arctic Sea Ice is primarily driven by Wind and Atmospheric Oscillations, i.e.: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/06/16/the-economist-provides-readers-with-erroneous-information-about-arctic-sea-ice/

There is no explicit physical reasoning — the implicit assumption is that whatever factors drove the sea ice extent to decline approximately linearly during 10 Septembers between 1997 — 2006, will continue to operate in September 2008.

«The driving force in the concern over polar bears, she said, is the decline in sea ice.