WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump’s description of the climate on planet Earth doesn’t quite match what data show and scientists say. ADVERTISEMENTTen different climate scientists contacted by The Associated Press, however, said the president was not accurate about climate change. Instead they said Arctic sea ice would shrink, which it has, said Richard Alley, a Pennsylvania State University ice scientist. Continuous decline of sea iceBut the 10 lowest years of sea ice have been all in the last 11 years. Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton University climate scientist, said the Antarctic sea ice pack, less directly influenced by global climate change, varied from year to year.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 28, 2018 21:45 UTC