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Earth has hottest May on record, with 2020 on track to be one of the top 10 warmest years by Emma Newburger, Environment, CNBC, June 5, 2020
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Hat tip to the Stop Climate Science Denial Facebook page.
CLAIM: The polar bear population has been growing. Polar bears are thriving even where sea ice is diminishing.
VERDICT: 
SOURCE: Remember this starving Polar Bear, Video posted on the PragerU Facebook Page, May 5, 2020
KEY TAKE AWAY: There is no scientific evidence that the global polar bear population is growing in size. Climate change induced losses in sea ice habitat is the most important threat to polar bear survival. Two polar bear subpopulations have already been negatively impacted by sea ice loss.
The global polar bear population is threatened by loss of sea ice, contrary to PragerU’s video claim by Vikki Forrester, Climate Feedback, May 18, 2020
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