Polar Bear Numbers Are For Kids, Says Specialist Andrew Derocher

by Dr Susan Crockford, April 9, 2018 in ClimateChangeDispatch


Polar bear specialists made global population numbers the focus of the world’s attention when they predicted a dramatic decline and possible extinction of the species.

But now that the numbers have increased slightly rather than declined, the same scientists say global numbers are meaningless: the public should give those figures no credence and anyone who cites global population numbers should be mocked.