I looked this up for my own edification and I found out the following:
- all the big players like WWF, Polar Bears International, USA Today, Carbon Brief Interactive, AFP Factcheck, VerifyThis, and etc. claim that this is false.
-they all use plenty of unverifiable data, graphs and charts to show you why there is a decline and how it will decimate the world population of polar bears.
- not one actually include any population comparisons, just “estimates” of the current population they say is in trouble.
- they all use terms like “most scientists”, “experts agree”, and “scholars” with the only ones quoted being professors of ecology studies and experts from similarly aligned organizations.
- I did find one site that does an actual light scientific analysis using population data from all of the above sites and data from actual scientists, Foundation of Economic Education.
A snapshot from the article:
The article is worth reading.