Extinction lesson from past (From York Press)

What you have described Chris is natural climatic change, something not a single one of us can do a thing about.
At a time when the Earth was an ice ball, thought to be caused by a weak Sun, CO2 levels were up to 330,000 parts per million, a long way from the tiny 395 PPM of recent times. When you consider that man made CO2 represents a meagre 16 PPM you come to realise how pathetic and unnecessary these CO2 reduction schemes really are.
As for Polar Bears, how on earth did they adapt and survive the Medieval warm period to be at record recorded numbers today? Adapt may be the answer to Kate's problem rather than environmental taxing that makes it ever more difficult for marginalised people to keep warm from all this freezing heat!
You talk of 'Polar ice melt,' you mean Summer ice melt. But, Antarctic ice is increasing, so we are only talking about the North Pole.
Climate, like weather is chaotic and no computer model can tell you anything other than what went before. The North Pole ice sits on sea water and is subject to a multitude of forces including Ocean currents, thermal expansion, dense air pressure, Zero Sun for 3 months in winter and 24/ 7 sun for a few months.
Unlike the South Pole that rarely gets a mention these days from warming alarmists, due to it's maritime climate the North Pole is actually on Average 10c Warmer than the average on Greenland, hence the reason why the Greenland ice shelf remains in tact and growing. (Check out Glacier girl and the lost P38 aircraft lost in a July ice storm in South East Greenland)
A recent article in the Press also wrongly stated that the North West Passage had been closed for 800,000 years until recently. Not true, as it is well documented that the Chinese sailed this route in 1421. This takes us back to those poor cuddly Polar Bears so that will do regards unzipping the hype and propaganda for now. I need to turn my heating on!

I am old enough to remember "New Ice Age", "Save The Whale", Ban The Bomb", "CJD will kill 250,000 a year", "Foot and Mouth", "Y2K", "Mobile Phones cause cancer" , "Salmonella in eggs" etc. These were supposed to be apocalyptic but none of them were, and in the case of CJD the maximum number of people who died in the UK per annum was 28.