Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight - Declining Polar Bears and Permafrost: Is a Global Warming Tipping Point Embedded in the Ice?

Subcommittee on Oversight | 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Oct 17, 2007 10:00am to 12:00pm

Declining Polar Bears and Permafrost: Is a Global Warming Tipping Point
Embedded in the Ice?

Hearing Charter

Opening Statements

Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)

Witnesses

Dr. Hazeltine is with USGS and she will make a presentation of their findings
regarding the future of the polar bear.

Kassie R. Siegel
Director, Climate, Air and Energy Program

Dr. Richard Alley
Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences
Department of Geosciences

Dr. Glenn Juday
Professor
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences