People have the misapprehension that we can recover from this state just by reducing carbon emissions, Anderson said in an appearance at the University of Chicago. "The chance that there will be any permanent ice left in the Arctic after 2022 is essentially zero," Anderson said, with 75 to 80 percent of permanent ice having melted already in the last 35 years. "Can we lose 75-80 percent of permanent ice and recover? At universities, that means linking the study of physical sciences with global issues like climate change, with government ethics, public policy, and other relevant practices. "I don't understand how these people sit down to dinner with their kids," Anderson said, "because they're not stupid people."

Source: Forbes January 15, 2018 05:03 UTC