In response to the suspension of federal scientist Charles
Monnett, who authored a 2006 article documenting polar bear
deaths, conservative media have claimed that the case exposes
"the global warming fraud" and that polar bears are not
threatened by climate change. In fact, extensive research
establishes that polar bears are vulnerable to extinction due to
decreasing sea ice, and human-induced global warming is
supported by a robust body of evidence independent of any polar
bear studies. Extensive Research Establishes Climate Change
Threat To Polar Bears Polar Bear Scientist: "The Evidence Is
Very, Very Strong That Global Warming" Will Hurt Polar Bears.
Science magazine reported: Monnett's paper nonwithstanding, "I
think the evidence is very, very strong that global warming and
sea ice loss will have a serious effect on polar bears," says
Jack Lentfer, retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service polar bear
scientist and consultant for the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission.
Scientists have decades of data documenting