The North polar ice cap may well be completely gone (ice-free) by the end of 2013.
Unresolvable ●●●●●
“the entire North polar ice cap may well be completely gone in five years.”
- Said on
- 13 December 2008 · Remarks captured on video at the opening of a German museum, 2008 (date per Snopes: Dec 13, 2008), as quoted by PolitiFact
- Source
- Fact-checking claims Al Gore said all Arctic ice would be gone by 2013 · PolitiFact
- Should come true
- 2013
- How sure they sounded
- may well be
- Categories
- Climate
- Importance
- 4 of 5 · An ice-free Arctic would be a major global climate milestone with worldwide effects.
Outcome
Unresolvable
Gore framed this as a possibility ("may well be completely gone"), not a firm forecast, so under the hedge rule it is scored unresolvable. For the record, it did not happen: the 2013 Arctic sea-ice minimum was about 5.10 million sq km, and no summer since has been ice-free.
- https://www.climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/2013-arctic-report-card-sea-ice-extent-larger-2012-record-low-still
- https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/02/facebook-posts/fact-checking-claims-al-gore-said-all-arctic-ice-w/
History
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