Sentences with phrase «predictions of future polar»

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Future changes in the polar vortex appear to be quite model dependent, and so predictions of this aspect of polar change are highly uncertain.

The Mercer (1978) ``... a threat of disaster» paper introduced above was fraught with presumptions, guesswork, and spectacularly wrong predictions about the connections between fossil fuel consumption by humans and future carbon dioxide (CO2) parts per million (ppm) concentrations, the melting of polar ice sheets, and an impeding sea level rise disaster.

The first is that the doomsday scenario for polar bears comes, not from real - world observation but from computer - modeled predictions of what might happen in the future if the ice caps melt, etc..

That paper, which was not peer - reviewed, argued that because polar bear numbers have remained relatively stable despite faster - than - expected sea ice loss over the past decade, scientists» predictions of future population declines are flawed.