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The Arctic Could Be Functionally Ice-Free in Just a Few Years
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this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2024
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I was in the audience at Web 2.0 Summit in 2008 when Al Gore said on stage that according to scientists this would happen "within five years".
Pretty amazing to see all these downvotes on a purely factual statement. Watch it yourselves:
https://youtu.be/7hI5t3Uwfkk?t=1619&si=XtZDhtXoLyoczEG0
The problem is the statement seriously misrepresents what Gore said, which was in turn a misrepresentation of the current state of research
Do note the article is about a comment in 2009 while I describe something from 2008. You would expect him to make that mistake once - not repeatedly :) Feel free to check the Youtube clip. The words "quick fact" are relevant.
I was being nice to Gore. The polar ice cap includes a lot more than just the summer sea ice.
He tried to describe research, and got it wrong. That's going to happen some of the time when a politician (or any other non-expert) tries to describe science. It's not a big deal unless they're doing it consistently or intentionally.