A 2007 prediction that summer in the North Pole could be “ice-free by 2013” that was cited by former Vice President Al Gore in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech has proven to be off… by 920,000 square miles.
In his Dec. 10, 2007 “Earth has a fever” speech, Gore referred to a prediction by U.S. climate scientist Wieslaw Maslowski that the Arctic’s summer ice could “completely disappear” by 2013 due to global warming caused by carbon emissions.
However, instead of completely melting away, the polar icecap is at now at its highest level for this time of year since 2006.
Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/09/15/2007-gore-says-arctic-ice-could-disappear-2013-earth-gains-record-amount-sea-ice-2013#ixzz2f5NYQzJW
In his Dec. 10, 2007 “Earth has a fever” speech, Gore referred to a prediction by U.S. climate scientist Wieslaw Maslowski that the Arctic’s summer ice could “completely disappear” by 2013 due to global warming caused by carbon emissions.
However, instead of completely melting away, the polar icecap is at now at its highest level for this time of year since 2006.
Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/09/15/2007-gore-says-arctic-ice-could-disappear-2013-earth-gains-record-amount-sea-ice-2013#ixzz2f5NYQzJW
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